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Spelling List Flashcards

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Abduction

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the action of carrying off (as a person) by force

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Abrasion

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a wearing, grinding, or rubbing away by friction

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Abusive

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characterized by wrong or improper use or action

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Accelerate

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to bring about at an earlier time; to cause to move faster

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Accessory

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a person not actually or constructively present but contributing as an assistant or instigator to the commission of an offense

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Accompany

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to go with as an associate or companion

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Accomplice

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one associated with another especially in wrongdoing

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Accurate

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free from error especially as the result of care

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Acknowledge

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to recognize the rights, authority, or status of

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Acquaintance

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a person whom one knows but who is not a particularly close friend

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Affirmative

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asserting that the fact is so

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Aggravated

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to make worse, more serious, or more severe : intensify unpleasantly

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Alleged

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asserted to be true or to exist

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Ambulance

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a vehicle equipped for transporting the injured or sick

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Amphetamine

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a racemic compound C9H13N or one of its derivatives

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Anonymous

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not named or identified

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Apparent

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clear or manifest to the understanding

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Appropriate

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especially suitable or compatible

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Argument

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a reason given in proof or rebuttal; quarrel; disagreement

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Arrangement

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the state of putting into a proper order or into a correct or suitable relationship

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Assailant

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to attack violently with blows or words

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Assault

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a violent physical or verbal attack

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Assistance

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the act of giving support or aid or the help supplied

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Associate

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to join as a partner, friend, or companion

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Attribute

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an inherent characteristic

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Auxiliary

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functioning in a subsidiary capacity

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Barbiturate

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any of various derivatives of barbituric acid used especially as sedatives, hypnotics, and antispasmodics

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Barricade

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a barrier or obstacle

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Brandish

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to shake or wave (as a weapon) menacingly

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Burglary

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the entering of a building with the intent to commit a crime

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Business

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a usually commercial or mercantile activity engaged in as a means of livelihood

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Caliber

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the diameter of a bullet or other projectile

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Canvass

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to go through (a district) or go to (persons) in order to determine opinions or sentiments

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Capias

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an arrest warrant

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Casualty

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serious or fatal accident

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Chauffeur

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one that transports others by operating a motor vehicle

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Circumstances

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a condition, fact, or event accompanying, conditioning, or determining another

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Cocaine

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a bitter crystalline alkaloid C17H21NO4 obtained from coca leaves that is used medically as a topical anesthetic and illicitly for its euphoric effects

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Committed

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to put into charge or trust

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Communications

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acts or instances of transmitting information

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Community

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a unified body of individuals

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Complainant

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the party who makes the complaint in a legal action or proceeding

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Complexion

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the hue or appearance of the skin and especially of the face

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Confiscated

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to seize as forfeited to the public treasury

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Conspicuous

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obvious to the eye or mind

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Conspiracy

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the act of joining in a secret agreement to do an unlawful or wrongful act

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Contraband

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goods or merchandise whose importation, exportation, or possession is forbidden

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Corrective

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intended to correct

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Counsel

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a policy or plan of action or behavior

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Counterfeit

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made in imitation of something else with intent to deceive

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Courteous

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marked by respect for and consideration of others

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Criminal

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relating to, involving, or being a crime

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Deceased

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a dead person

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Deceptive

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tending or having power to mislead

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Defendant

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a person required to make answer in a legal action or suit

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Defensive

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devoted to resisting or preventing aggression or attack

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Delinquent

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offending by neglect or violation of duty or of law

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Description

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discourse intended to give a mental image of something experienced

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Discrepancy

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the quality or state of being at variance

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Disposition

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final arrangement

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Eligible

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qualified to participate or be chosen

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Embarrass

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to place in doubt, perplexity, or difficulties

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Embezzlement

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to appropriate (as property entrusted to one’s care) fraudulently to one’s own use

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Emergency

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an unforeseen combination of circumstances or resulting state that calls for immediate action

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Enforceable

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to be given force to

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Enticement

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to attract artfully or adroitly or by arousing hope or desire

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Envelope

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a flat usually paper container

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Equivalent

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equal in force, amount, or value

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Evidence

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something that furnishes proof

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Exaggerate

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to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth

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Except

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with the exclusion or exception of

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Expedite

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to execute promptly

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Explosive

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likely to erupt in or produce hostile reaction or violence

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Extenuating

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to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of by making partial excuses

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Extortion

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the act or practice of obtaining from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power

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Extradite

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to deliver up to the surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge

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Felonious

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of, relating to, or having the nature of a grave crime formerly differing from a misdemeanor under English common law by involving forfeiture in addition to any other punishment

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Fictitious

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imaginary

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Financial

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relating to money or other liquid resources

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Forcibly

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effected by force used against opposition or resistance

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Forgery

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the crime of falsely and fraudulently making or altering a document

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Fraudulent

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characterized by, based on, or done by deceit

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Fugitive

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running away or intending flight

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Government

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the act or process of using authoritative direction or control

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Gratuity

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something given voluntarily or beyond obligation usually for some service

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Habitual

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doing, practicing, or acting in some manner by force of habit

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Hallucinate

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to affect with visions or imaginary perceptions

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Harass

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to annoy persistently

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Hazardous

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involving or exposing one to risk (as of loss or harm)

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Heroin

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a strongly physiologically addictive narcotic C21H23NO5 that is made by acetylation of but is more potent than morphine

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Homicide

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a killing of one human being by another

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Hostage

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a person taken by force to secure the taker’s demands

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Immediately

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without interval of time; straightaway

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Incarcerate

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to subject to confinement

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Incoherent

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lacking orderly continuity, arrangement, or relevance

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Indecent

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grossly unseemly or offensive to manners or morals

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Inevitable

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incapable of being avoided or evaded

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Informant

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a person who gives information

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Inquiry

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examination into facts or principles

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Instrument

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a means whereby something is achieved, performed, or furthered

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