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},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to steal in small quantities",
"word": "surrupiar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vorovátʹ",
"sense": "to steal in small quantities",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ворова́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "krastʹ",
"sense": "to steal in small quantities",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "красть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "taskátʹ",
"sense": "to steal in small quantities",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "таска́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rastáskivatʹ",
"sense": "to steal in small quantities",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "раста́скивать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "razvoróvyvatʹ",
"sense": "to steal in small quantities",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "разворо́вывать"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "corayati",
"sense": "to steal in small quantities",
"word": "चोरयति"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to steal in small quantities",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "поткрадати"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to steal in small quantities",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "potkradati"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to steal in small quantities",
"word": "sisar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to steal in small quantities",
"word": "ratear"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to steal in small quantities",
"word": "snatta"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to steal in small quantities",
"word": "mangupit"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to steal in small quantities",
"word": "kumupit"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "to steal in small quantities",
"word": "chwiwladrata"
}
],
"word": "pilfer"
}
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