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"plural"
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"word": "čáry"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "witchcraft",
"word": "černá magie"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "witchcraft",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "čarodějnictví"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "witchcraft",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Hexerei"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "witchcraft",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "diabhlaíocht"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "witchcraft",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bruxaria"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "An act of such mischief, wickedness, cruelty or witchcraft",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "rošťárna"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "An act of such mischief, wickedness, cruelty or witchcraft",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Teufelei"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "An act of such mischief, wickedness, cruelty or witchcraft",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Unfug"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "An act of such mischief, wickedness, cruelty or witchcraft",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Hexerei"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "An act of such mischief, wickedness, cruelty or witchcraft",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "diabrura"
}
],
"word": "devilry"
}
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