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noun • a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung • a mental pain or distress • a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin • a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property • operation designed to catch a person committing a criminal act verb • cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort • deliver a sting to • saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous • cause a stinging pain • cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging | ||||||||
| 27% | 7 | Rough criminal may be caught thus, embracing one-time lover | ||||||
adjective • not exact | ||||||||
| 23% | 8 | Caught, as in a criminal being apprehended | ||||||
verb • To grab or seize by the collar or neck. • To place a collar on, to fit with one. • To seize, capture or detain. • To preempt, control stringently and exclusively. • (law enforcement) To arrest. • To bind in conversation. • To roll up (beef or other meat) and bind it with string preparatory to cooking. • (BDSM) To bind (a submissive) to a dominant under specific conditions or obligations. adjective • Having a collar (or other encircling demarcation). | ||||||||
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