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Gip

To take out the entrails of (herrings).

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Cheat 76% connected

An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception; a fraud; a trick; imposition; imposture.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Chisel 76% connected

A tool with a cutting edge on one end of a metal blade, used in dressing, shaping, or working in timber, stone, metal, etc.; -- usually driven by a m…

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Fraud 76% connected

Deception deliberately practiced with a view to gaining an unlawful or unfair advantage; artifice by which the right or interest of another is injure…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Rig 76% connected

A ridge.

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Swindle 76% connected

To cheat defraud grossly, or with deliberate artifice; as, to swindle a man out of his property.

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Gyp 92% connected

A college servant; -- so called in Cambridge, England; at Oxford called a scout.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Bail noun · 78% connection

(criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial; "the judge set ba…

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Bail bond noun · 78% connection

(criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial; "the judge set ba…

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Bond noun · 78% connection

(criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial; "the judge set ba…

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Charge noun · 78% connection

(criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense; "he was arrested on a charge of larceny"

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Complaint noun · 78% connection

(criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense; "he was arrested on a charge of larceny"

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Condemnation noun · 78% connection

(criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed; "the conviction came as no surprise"

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Conviction noun · 78% connection

(criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed; "the conviction came as no surprise"

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Crime noun · 78% connection

(criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes"

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Criminal offence noun · 78% connection

(criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes"

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Criminal offense noun · 78% connection

(criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes"

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Insanity plea noun · 78% connection

(criminal law) a plea in which the defendant claims innocence due to mental incompetence at the time

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Judgment of conviction noun · 78% connection

(criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed; "the conviction came as no surprise"

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Law-breaking noun · 78% connection

(criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes"

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Partial verdict noun · 78% connection

(criminal law) a finding that the defendant is guilty of some charges but innocent of others

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Plea bargain noun · 78% connection

(criminal law) a negotiation in which the defendant agrees to enter a plea of guilty to a lesser charge and the prosecutor agrees to d…

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Plea bargaining noun · 78% connection

(criminal law) a negotiation in which the defendant agrees to enter a plea of guilty to a lesser charge and the prosecutor agrees to d…

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Plea of insanity noun · 78% connection

(criminal law) a plea in which the defendant claims innocence due to mental incompetence at the time

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Principal noun · 78% connection

(criminal law) any person involved in a criminal offense, regardless of whether the person profits from such involvement

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Anthropomancy noun · 78% connection

Divination by the entrails of human being.

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Aruspex noun · 78% connection

One of the class of diviners among the Etruscans and Romans, who foretold events by the inspection of the entrails of victims offered…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: take, entrails, herrings.
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Aruspicy noun · 78% connection

Prognostication by inspection of the entrails of victims slain sacrifice.

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Assume verb · 78% connection

To take to or upon one's self; to take formally and demonstratively; sometimes, to appropriate or take unjustly.

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Bloat verb · 78% connection

To dry (herrings) in smoke. See Blote.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: take, entrails, herrings.
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Blote verb · 78% connection

To cure, as herrings, by salting and smoking them; to bloat.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: take, entrails, herrings.
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Cabob noun · 78% connection

A leg of mutton roasted, stuffed with white herrings and sweet herbs.

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Cast noun · 78% connection

Four; that is, as many as are thrown into a vessel at once in counting herrings, etc; a warp.

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Chawdron noun · 78% connection

Entrails.

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Chitterling noun · 78% connection

The frill to the breast of a shirt, which when ironed out resembled the small entrails. See Chitterlings.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: take, entrails, herrings.
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Crane noun · 78% connection

A measure for fresh herrings, -- as many as will fill a barrel.

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Disentrail verb · 78% connection

To disembowel; to let out or draw forth, as the entrails.

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Entrails n. pl. · 78% connection

The internal parts; as, the entrails of the earth.

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Eviscerate verb · 78% connection

To take out the entrails of; to disembowel; to gut.

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Exenterate verb · 78% connection

To take out the bowels or entrails of; to disembowel; to eviscerate; as, exenterated fishes.

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