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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prisváivatʹ",
"sense": "to take the property of another",
"word": "присва́ивать"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to take the property of another",
"word": "otuđiti"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to take the property of another",
"word": "prisvojiti"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to take the property of another",
"word": "hurtar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to take the property of another",
"word": "robar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to take the property of another",
"word": "stjäla"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to take the property of another",
"word": "beslagta"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to take the property of another",
"word": "aşırmak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to take the property of another",
"word": "çalmak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to take the property of another",
"word": "yürütmek"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "krada",
"sense": "to commit theft; to thieve",
"word": "крада"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to commit theft; to thieve",
"word": "stelen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to commit theft; to thieve",
"word": "stehlen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to commit theft; to thieve",
"word": "rubare"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "çalmak",
"sense": "to commit theft; to thieve",
"word": "چالمق"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "krastʹ",
"sense": "to commit theft; to thieve",
"word": "красть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vorovátʹ",
"sense": "to commit theft; to thieve",
"word": "ворова́ть"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to commit theft; to thieve",
"word": "ukrasti"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to commit theft; to thieve",
"word": "otuđiti"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to commit theft; to thieve",
"word": "stjäla"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to commit theft; to thieve",
"word": "tjuva"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to commit theft; to thieve",
"word": "snatta"
}
],
"word": "purloin"
}
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