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"word": "וואַנט־קאַטאָוועסן"
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"word": "hip-hop"
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"word": "street art"
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"word": "sgraffito"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "qīyā",
"sense": "create graffiti",
"word": "漆鴉 /漆鸦"
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"sense": "create graffiti",
"word": "tehdä graffiti"
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"sense": "create graffiti",
"word": "töhriä"
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"sense": "create graffiti",
"word": "pichar"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "create graffiti",
"word": "grafitar"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "create graffiti",
"word": "grafitar"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "create graffiti",
"word": "måla graffiti"
},
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"code": "sv",
"english": "when considered vandalism",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "create graffiti",
"translation": "when considered vandalism",
"word": "klottra"
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"english": "cover in graffiti, tags",
"lang": "Swedish",
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"sense": "create graffiti",
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"translation": "cover in graffiti, tags",
"word": "bomba"
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"lang_code": "tr",
"sense": "create graffiti",
"word": "grafiti yapmak"
}
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"word": "graffiti"
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