"cypher" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "cyphers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "word": "cipher"
        }
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        }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2023 July 26, Christian Wolmar, “Closing ticket offices to lead to 'catch-22' for passengers”, in RAIL, number 988, page 42",
          "text": "I have been critical of the RDG in the past for merely being a cypher for government announcements, but the failure of its members to make a stand on this issue and not be complicit in the Government's subterfuge is a shocking indictment of their failure to protect the industry.",
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        }
      ],
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        "Alternative spelling of cipher"
      ],
      "id": "en-cypher-en-noun-tVSMaANg",
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        [
          "cipher",
          "cipher#English"
        ]
      ],
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    }
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  "word": "cypher"
}

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    {
      "form": "cyphers",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cyphering",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cyphered",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cyphered",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "word": "cipher"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative spelling of cipher"
      ],
      "id": "en-cypher-en-verb-tVSMaANg",
      "links": [
        [
          "cipher",
          "cipher#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
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    }
  ],
  "word": "cypher"
}

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        {
          "ref": "2023 July 26, Christian Wolmar, “Closing ticket offices to lead to 'catch-22' for passengers”, in RAIL, number 988, page 42",
          "text": "I have been critical of the RDG in the past for merely being a cypher for government announcements, but the failure of its members to make a stand on this issue and not be complicit in the Government's subterfuge is a shocking indictment of their failure to protect the industry.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative spelling of cipher"
      ],
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          "cipher",
          "cipher#English"
        ]
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    }
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  "word": "cypher"
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  "forms": [
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      "form": "cyphers",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cyphering",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cyphered",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cyphered",
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        "past"
      ]
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        "Alternative spelling of cipher"
      ],
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