See nep in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"American English",
"English derogatory terms",
"English slang"
],
"glosses": [
"One who engages in nepotism, usually to the one who benefits from it."
],
"links": [
[
"derogatory",
"derogatory"
],
[
"nepotism",
"nepotism"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(US, slang, derogatory) One who engages in nepotism, usually to the one who benefits from it."
],
"tags": [
"US",
"derogatory",
"slang"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/nɛp/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛp"
}
],
"word": "nep"
}
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