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{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to commit theft; to thieve",
"word": "ukrasti"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to commit theft; to thieve",
"word": "otuđiti"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to commit theft; to thieve",
"word": "stjäla"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to commit theft; to thieve",
"word": "tjuva"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to commit theft; to thieve",
"word": "snatta"
}
],
"word": "purloin"
}
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