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noun
- The act of arresting someone for a crime, or raiding a suspected criminal operation.
- A police raid or takedown of a criminal enterprise.
- A refutation of an opening, or of a previously published analysis.
- A player who fails to meet expectations.
- A failed enterprise; a bomb.
- A sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders.
- The downward portion of a boom and bust cycle; a recession.
- A disappointment.
- The breasts and upper thorax of a woman.
verb
- To arrest (someone) for a crime.
- For a headline to exceed the amount of space reserved for it.
- To catch (someone) in the act of doing something wrong, socially and morally inappropriate, or illegal, especially when being done in a sneaky or secretive state.
- To undo a trade, generally an error trade, that has already been executed.
- To break in (a woman or girl), To deflower
- To break.
- To exceed a score of 21.
- To break in (an animal).
- An emphatic synonym of do or get.
- To ejaculate; to eject semen.
- To refute an established opening.
- To lose all of one's chips.
- To reduce in rank.
adj
noun
- The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest.
- Opinion; conception; sentiment; idea.
- Anticipation, especially of unfavorable things such as dread or fear or the prospect of something unpleasant in the future.
- The faculty by which ideas are conceived or by which perceptions are grasped; understanding.
- The physical act of seizing or taking hold of (something); seizing.
- Perception; the act of understanding using one's intellect without affirming, denying, or passing any judgment
noun
- the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
- a band that fits around the neck and is usually folded over
- (zoology) an encircling band or marking around the neck of any animal
- anything worn or placed about the neck
- a short ring fastened over a rod or shaft to limit, guide, or secure a machine part
- the stitching that forms the rim of a shoe or boot
- a band of leather or rope that is placed around an animal's neck as a harness or to identify it
- necklace that fits tightly around a woman's neck
- a figurative restraint
verb
noun
- the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
- a painful or straitened circumstance
- an injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed
- a slight but appreciable amount
- a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action
- a small sharp bite or snip
- a squeeze with the fingers
verb
noun
- the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
- a drawback or difficulty that is not readily evident
- the quantity that was caught
- a person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect
- anything that is caught (especially if it is worth catching)
- a break or check in the voice (usually a sign of strong emotion)
- a restraint that checks the motion of something
- a fastener that fastens or locks a door or window
- a cooperative game in which a ball is passed back and forth
- the act of catching an object with the hands
verb
- discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
- perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily
- reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot
- take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of
- succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase
- to hook or entangle
- attract and fix
- capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping
- reach in time
- get or regain something necessary, usually quickly or briefly
- catch up with and possibly overtake
- be struck or affected by
- check oneself during an action
- hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers
- see or watch
- cause to become accidentally or suddenly caught, ensnared, or entangled
- detect a blunder or misstep
- grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of
- come down with
- start burning
- perceive by hearing
- suffer from the receipt of
- attract; cause to be enamored
- apprehend and reproduce accurately
- take in and retain
- spread or be communicated
- be the catcher
- become aware of
- delay or hold up; prevent from proceeding on schedule or as planned
verb
- To seize or take (a person) by legal process; to arrest.
- To be or become aware of (something); to perceive.
- To have a conception of (something); to consider, to regard.
- To seize or take (something); to take hold of.
- To understand.
- To be of opinion, believe, or think; to suppose.
- To be apprehensive; to fear.
- To anticipate (something, usually unpleasant); especially, to anticipate (something) with anxiety, dread, or fear; to dread, to fear.
- To acknowledge the existence of (something); to recognize.
- To take hold of (something) with understanding; to conceive (something) in the mind; to become cognizant of; to understand.
verb
- To capture or arrest.
- To succeed in having sexual relations with; to score
- (of a blow) To deliver.
- To descend to a surface, especially from the air.
- To come into rest.
- To arrive on land, especially a shore or dock, from a body of water.
- To acquire; to secure.
- To go down well with an audience.
- To bring to land.
- (of a punch) To connect
noun
- The part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water.
- The soil, in respect to its nature or quality for farming.
- lant; urine
- The ground left unploughed between furrows; any of several portions into which a field is divided for ploughing.
- Real estate or landed property; a partitioned and measurable area which is owned and acquired and on which buildings and structures can be built and erected.
- On a compact disc or similar recording medium, an area of the medium which does not have pits.
- realm, domain.
- In any surface prepared with indentations, perforations, or grooves, that part of the surface which is not so treated, such as the level part of a millstone between the furrows.
- A group of dwellings or tenements under one roof and having a common entry.
- The lap of the strakes in a clinker-built boat; the lap of plates in an iron vessel; called also landing.
- A conducting area on a board or chip which can be used for connecting wires.
- The non-airline portion of an itinerary. Hotel, tours, cruises, etc.
- A person's country of origin and/or homeplace; homeland.
- A country or region.
- A shock or fright.
- The space between the rifling grooves in a gun.
noun
- Legal authority (to make an arrest for example)
- A measure of such ability; volume
- The maximum amount that can be held
- Electrical capacitance.
- Mental ability; the power to learn
- The maximum that can be produced.
- The ability to hold, receive, or absorb
- The maximum that can be produced on a machine or in a facility or group.
- A role; the position in which one functions
- Capability; the ability to perform some task
- A faculty; the potential for growth and development
adj
noun
- the act of committing a crime
- a special group delegated to consider some matter
- a fee for services rendered based on a percentage of an amount received or collected or agreed to be paid (as distinguished from a salary)
- the act of granting authority to undertake certain functions
- the state of being in good working order and ready for operation
- a group of representatives or delegates
- a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something
- an official document issued by a government and conferring on the recipient the rank of an officer in the armed forces
- a special assignment that is given to a person or group
verb
noun
- An act of intercepting something, the state of being intercepted, or a thing that is intercepted.
- A pass that is intercepted by an opposing player.
- precipitation that does not reach the soil, but is instead intercepted by the leaves, branches of plants and the forest floor.
- An aeronautical action in which a fighter approaches a suspicious aircraft to escort it away from a prohibited area, or approaches an enemy aircraft to shoot it down.
- A passing play where the ball is received by the opposing team.
noun
- An attack or invasion for the purpose of making arrests, seizing property, or plundering.
- A quick hostile or predatory incursion or invasion in a battle.
- An activity initiated at or towards the end of a live broadcast by the broadcaster that sends its viewers to a different broadcast, primarily intended to boost the viewership of the receiving broadcaster. This is frequently accompanied by a message in the form of a hashtag that is posted in the broadcast's chat by the viewers.
- A large group in a massively multiplayer online game, consisting of multiple parties who team up to defeat a powerful enemy.
- An attacking movement.
verb
verb
- To trick a suspect into entering a jurisdiction in which they can be lawfully arrested.
- To commandeer, hijack, or otherwise (usually wrongfully) appropriate a place or thing.
- To press-gang sailors, especially (historical) for shipping or fishing work.
- To force or trick someone to go somewhere or do something against their will or interest, particularly
- To hit with a slingshot.
- To transfer a serviceman against their will.
noun
verb
verb
- To obtain by illicit or forceful action.
- To con, swindle, or deceive; especially financially.
- To be a prostitute; to exchange use of one's body for sexual purposes for money.
- To put a lot of effort into one's work.
- To rush or hurry.
- To dance the hustle, a disco dance.
- To sell sex; to work as a pimp.
- To bundle; to stow something quickly.
- To work.
- To play deliberately badly at a game or sport in an attempt to encourage players to challenge.
- To push someone roughly; to crowd; to jostle.
noun
noun
- The act of detaining or the state of being detained.
- The bare physical control without the mental element of intention required for possession.
- Confinement of a prisoner awaiting trial.
- A punishment given to a student for a minor infraction, typically requiring the student to report to a designated room during recess or outside of school hours to work on homework or perform busywork.
verb
- To arrest (a person).
- To buy a security or other asset previously offered for sale.
- To take (hounds) off the existing scent and move them to another spot.
- To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.
- To steal.
- to cause to move upwards.
- To elevate or improve in rank, condition, etc.; often with up.
- To lift weights; to weight-lift.
- To remove (a ban, restriction, etc.).
- To collect, as moneys due; to raise.
- To alleviate, to lighten (pressure, tension, stress, etc.)
- To source directly without acknowledgement; to plagiarise.
- To raise or rise.
- To transform (a function) into a corresponding function in a different context.
noun
- A rise; a degree of elevation.
- A thief.
- The amount or weight to be lifted.
- The sky; the heavens; firmament; atmosphere.
- An act of lifting or raising.
- One of the steps of a cone pulley.
- Air.
- Mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors in a building.
- That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given.
- An upward force, such as the force that keeps aircraft aloft.
- An improvement in mood.
- The difference in elevation between the upper pool and lower pool of a waterway, separated by lock.
- The act of transporting someone in a vehicle; a ride; a trip.
- Permanent construction with a built-in platform that is lifted vertically.
- A rope leading from the masthead to the extremity of a yard below, and used for raising or supporting the end of the yard.
- A layer of leather in the heel of a shoe.
- The space or distance through which anything is lifted.
- The lifting of a dance partner into the air.
- A liftgate.
verb
- To assault for the purpose of robbery.
- To photograph for identification; to take a mug shot.
- To exaggerate a facial expression for communicative emphasis; to make a face, to pose, as for photographs or in a performance, in an exaggerated or affected manner.
- To learn or review a subject as much as possible in a short time; cram.
adj
noun
verb
- to catch in an illegal act or compromising position.
- To cause to well up or flow out of the ground.
- to descend or originate from.
- To cause to move energetically; (equestrianism) to cause to gallop, to spur.
- To burst into pieces, to explode, to shatter.
- To have something crack.
- To grow taller or longer.
- To announce unexpectedly, to reveal.
- To free from imprisonment, especially by facilitating an illegal escape.
- To be free of imprisonment, especially by illegal escape.
- To extend, to curve.
- To rise suddenly, (of tears) to well up.
- To cause to rise from cover.
- To pay or spend a certain sum, to cough up.
- To cause to crack.
- to arise, to come into existence.
- To build, to form the initial curve of.
- To gush, to flow out of the ground.
- To rise from cover.
- To equip with springs, especially (of vehicles) to equip with a suspension.
- To bring forth.
- To sprout, to grow,
- To crack.
- To turn a vessel using a spring attached to its anchor cable.
- To come upon and flush out
- To deform owing to excessive pressure, to become warped; to intentionally deform in order to position and then straighten in place.
- To swell with milk or pregnancy.
- To come dramatically into view.
- To spend the springtime somewhere
- To gush, to flow suddenly and violently.
- to move with great speed and energy; to leap, to jump; to dart, to sprint; of people: to rise rapidly from a seat, bed, etc.
- to find or get enough food during springtime.
- To cause to explode, to set off, to detonate.
- To be born, descend, or originate from
- To appear, to dawn.
- To cause to work or open by sudden application of pressure.
adj
noun
- The source from which an action or supply of something springs.
- An erection of the penis.
- A line from a vessel's end or side to its anchor cable used to diminish or control its movement.
- The period from the moment of vernal equinox (around March 21 in the Northern Hemisphere) to the moment of the summer solstice (around June 21); the equivalent periods reckoned in other cultures and calendars.
- A spray or body of water springing from the ground.
- A grove of trees; a forest.
- The season of the year in temperate regions in which plants spring from the ground and into bloom and dormant animals spring to life.
- A shoot, a young tree.
- The time of something's growth; the early stages of some process.
- A race, a lineage.
- a period of political liberalization and democratization
- A cause, a motive, etc.
- Someone with ivory or peach skin tone and eyes and hair that are not extremely dark, seen as best suited to certain colors of clothing.
- A youth.
- Elasticity: the property of a body springing back to its original form after compression, stretching, etc.
- A line laid out from a vessel's end to the opposite end of an adjacent vessel or mooring to diminish or control its movement.
- An act of springing: a leap, a jump.
- The three months of March, April, and May in the Northern Hemisphere and September, October, and November in the Southern Hemisphere.
- Elastic energy, power, or force.
- A mechanical device made of flexible or coiled material that exerts force and attempts to spring back when bent, compressed, or stretched.
noun
- a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places
- a depression in an otherwise level surface
- (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon
- tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped
- a brief immersion
- a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
- a candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow
- a brief swim in water
- a gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms
verb
- immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
- dip into a liquid while eating
- go down momentarily
- stain an object by immersing it in a liquid
- take a small amount from
- switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
- lower briefly
- appear to move downward
- slope downwards
- dip into a liquid
- place (candle wicks) into hot, liquid wax
- immerse in a disinfectant solution
- plunge (one's hand or a receptacle) into a container
- scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface
noun
- (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense
- an impetuous rush toward someone or something
- the price charged for some article or service
- the quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons
- attention and management implying responsibility for safety
- a special assignment that is given to a person or group
- a person committed to your care
- financial liabilities (such as a tax)
- (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object
- the swift release of a store of affective force
- request for payment of a debt
- a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something
- an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence
- heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield
- a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time
verb
- to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle
- blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against
- demand payment
- move quickly and violently
- assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to
- file a formal charge against
- make an accusatory claim
- fill or load to capacity
- enter a certain amount as a charge
- cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution
- give over to another for care or safekeeping
- pay with a credit card; pay with plastic money; postpone payment by recording a purchase as a debt
- lie down on command, of hunting dogs
- cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
- place a heraldic bearing on
- provide (a device) with something necessary
- direct into a position for use
- impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to
- instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence
- instruct or command with authority
- attribute responsibility to
- set or ask for a certain price
- cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on
- energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge
- saturate
noun
- (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense
- an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
- (formerly) a loud cry (or repeated cries) of pain or rage or sorrow
- an expression of grievance or resentment
- (civil law) the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim for relief is based
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