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Owl

To pry about to prowl

deprive

deprive de·prived de·priv·ing : to take away or withhold something from [no person shall…be deprived of life, liberty, or property,...

Maundril

A pick with two prongs to pry with

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writ

writ [Old English, something written] 1 : a letter that was issued in the name of the English monarch from...

misrepresent

misrepresent : to make a misrepresentation about vi : to make a misrepresentation mis·rep·re·sen·ta·tive [-re-pri-zen-tə-tiv] adj mis·rep·re·sen·ter n

misappropriate

misappropriate : to appropriate wrongfully or unlawfully (as by theft or embezzlement) mis·ap·pro·pri·a·tion [-prō-prē-ā-shən] n

imprison

imprison : to confine in prison esp. as punishment for a crime compare false imprisonment im·pris·on·ment n

expropriate

expropriate -at·ed -at·ing : to take (property) of an individual in the exercise of state sovereignty (as by eminent domain)...

condition

condition 1 : an uncertain future act or event whose occurrence or nonoccurrence determines the rights or obligations of a...

bill

bill 1 : a draft of a law presented to a legislature for enactment ;also : the law itself [the...

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