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The act of physically confronting a person.
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The act of throwing a corrosive substance such as acid on a person as a form of assault.
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Obsolete spelling of assail [(transitive) To attack with harsh words or violent force (also figuratively).]
n
(now rare) The act of assailing.
n
A violent onset or attack with physical means, for example blows, weapons, etc.
n
An attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of opponent or enemy.
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(Wikimedia jargon) A page, in any namespace, whose sole purpose is to attack, threaten, disparage, or defame one or more persons, usually the subject or subjects of the page.
n
(obsolete) An attempted assault or assassination of a political figure; a politically motivated attempted assault.
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(transitive, UK dialectal, obsolete) To deceive; beguile.
v
(transitive) To deprive by or as if by violence; to rob; to strip; to benim.
n
(law) A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment
v
(intransitive, now chiefly dialectal, often with 'on') To tell lies about; inform against (someone).
v
(intransitive, obsolete) Often followed by at: to pretend to be ignorant of something in order to escape blame; to ignore or overlook a fault deliberately.
n
(obsolete) A touching or handling; manipulation.
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Obsolete spelling of egg [To throw (especially rotten) eggs (noun sense 1.1.1) at (someone or something).]
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(transitive) To criticize, blame or find fault with something or someone.
v
(intransitive, idiomatic) To criticize excessively
v
(archaic) To importune; to demand fiercely or with passion.
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The situation where an abuser attempts to forge a bond with their victim by implying that they have something in common or are in a shared predicament.
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(military) The use of repeated small-scale attacks to wear down an enemy force.
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The act of one who harries or harasses.
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To be afflicted with, suffer from.
adj
entering or manifesting surreptitiously
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To betray a confidence by disclosing private information, especially of a sexual nature.
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Alternative form of Vegas rule [(slang, humorous) A tacit agreement between two parties not to publicly discuss or verbally repeat events, conversations, or other sensitive information.]
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(UK, slang, obsolete) To cheat or victimize.
v
To take advantage of (someone); to treat (someone) with too much familiarity, take liberties with (someone or something)
adj
Alternative form of makeshift. [Made to work or suffice; improvised; substituted.]
v
(transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To deviate, transgress; to go astray (from).
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Someone who lets him/herself be picked or bullied on without defending or standing up for him/herself.
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(transitive) To deprive of, or withhold from, unjustly or injuriously; to defraud.
v
(transitive, intransitive) To unfairly blame or punish someone for some failure; to make a scapegoat of.
v
(idiomatic) To deceive or cheat someone.
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(UK, slang) A callout or diss usually aimed at a specific person, often in the form of a diss track.
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(slang) Extortion, especially through blackmail
v
(transitive, fandom slang) To mark (a document or message) with a spoiler warning, to prevent readers from accidentally learning details they would prefer not to know.
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(intransitive) To try to influence someone, usually in an illegal or devious way; to try to deal (with someone).
n
Someone who vanquishes; a conqueror.
v
(intransitive, somewhat rare) To engage in activities associated associated with the Watergate scandal.
v
(informal) To behave like Mark Zuckerberg, especially to eject a co-investor by diluting their stock, similar to the alleged treatment of Eduardo Saverin.
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