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"ref": "2024 March 4, Kate Connolly, “German prosecutors urge Red Army Faction suspects to surrender”, in The Guardian, →ISSN",
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xùshuǐ",
"sense": "to shut up or place in an inclosure called a pound",
"word": "蓄水"
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "čaḳeṭva",
"sense": "to shut up or place in an inclosure called a pound",
"word": "ჩაკეტვა"
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"code": "ka",
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"sense": "to shut up or place in an inclosure called a pound",
"word": "ჩარაზმვა"
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to shut up or place in an inclosure called a pound",
"word": "pāuna"
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to shut up or place in an inclosure called a pound",
"word": "tōkiāri"
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"sense": "to shut up or place in an inclosure called a pound",
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"sense": "to shut up or place in an inclosure called a pound",
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"word": "заточа́ть"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "to shut up or place in an inclosure called a pound",
"word": "encerrar"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to hold back",
"word": "retener"
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"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to hold in the custody of a court or its delegate",
"word": "confiscar"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jūliú",
"sense": "to hold in the custody of a court or its delegate",
"word": "拘留"
},
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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to hold in the custody of a court or its delegate",
"word": "confisqueren"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to hold in the custody of a court or its delegate",
"word": "in beslag nemen"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to hold in the custody of a court or its delegate",
"word": "takavarikoida"
},
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to hold in the custody of a court or its delegate",
"word": "confisquer"
},
{
"code": "ka",
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"roman": "ḳonpisḳacia",
"sense": "to hold in the custody of a court or its delegate",
"word": "კონფისკაცია"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to hold in the custody of a court or its delegate",
"word": "beschlagnahmen"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to hold in the custody of a court or its delegate",
"word": "konfiszieren"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to hold in the custody of a court or its delegate",
"word": "requisire"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to hold in the custody of a court or its delegate",
"word": "sequestrare"
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"sense": "to hold in the custody of a court or its delegate",
"word": "beschlagnahmen"
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"sense": "to hold in the custody of a court or its delegate",
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to hold in the custody of a court or its delegate",
"word": "tōkiāri"
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"roman": "konfiskovátʹ",
"sense": "to hold in the custody of a court or its delegate",
"word": "конфискова́ть"
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"sense": "to hold in the custody of a court or its delegate",
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"code": "sk",
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"sense": "to hold in the custody of a court or its delegate",
"word": "konfiškovať"
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"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to hold in the custody of a court or its delegate",
"word": "zhabať"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "to hold in the custody of a court or its delegate",
"word": "confiscar"
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"ref": "1997, Edward Bunker, Dog Eat Dog, page 36",
"text": "\"You're gonna drive me to the impound so I can get my car?\"",
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"ref": "2002, James E. Wollrab, Malfeasance, page 190",
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