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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "silen udar",
"sense": "a hard stroke, hit or blow, e.g., as part of a spanking",
"word": "силен удар"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a hard stroke, hit or blow, e.g., as part of a spanking",
"word": "läimäytys"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a hard stroke, hit or blow, e.g., as part of a spanking",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "coup"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a hard stroke, hit or blow, e.g., as part of a spanking",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Schlag"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a hard stroke, hit or blow, e.g., as part of a spanking",
"word": "schiaffo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a hard stroke, hit or blow, e.g., as part of a spanking",
"word": "pacca"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a hard stroke, hit or blow, e.g., as part of a spanking",
"word": "colpo secco"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a hard stroke, hit or blow, e.g., as part of a spanking",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "golpe"
}
],
"word": "swat"
}
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"pl:Male family members",
"pl:Male people",
"pl:Marriage"
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"form": "swats",
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},
{
"form": "swatting",
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"present"
]
},
{
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{
"ref": "2007 November 30, ““Swatters” Plead Guilty to Conspiracy”, in Federal Bureau of Investigation Dallas Field Division, archived from the original on 2007-12-26",
"text": "The conspiracy, as alleged, began in November 2002, and has resulted in hundreds of harassing and swatting calls being made, both nationally and internationally, with hundreds of thousands of dollars in losses and the disruption hundreds of victims’ lives.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2017, Elizabeth Heiter, Stalked, MIRA",
"text": "“You've just been swatted.” “What?” Sophia asked. “A spoofed call to police, claiming an emergency, to get a SWAT response,” Evelyn said. Realizing why the SWAT officer had noticed the controller, she guessed, […]",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2021 July 24, Maria Cramer, “A Grandfather Died in ‘Swatting’ Over His Twitter Handle, Officials Say”, in The New York Times, →ISSN",
"text": "“Gonna need the instagram account … or i will continue to swat and harass you and your family,” Mr. Sonderman or one of his co-conspirators wrote in March 2020, according to court documents.",
"type": "quotation"
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"To illegitimately provoke a SWAT assault upon (someone)."
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"(US, slang, transitive) To illegitimately provoke a SWAT assault upon (someone)."
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