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fault-finding collapse

selection collapse: an assortment of things from which a choice can be made; "the store carried a large selection of shoes"

parrying collapse

fencing collapse: the art or sport of fighting with swords (especially the use of foils or epees or sabres to score points under a set of rules)

legalistic collapse

hijacking collapse: stopping and stealing or stealing from a vehicle in transit; "hijacking gangs go after truckloads of cigarettes"

logic chopping collapse

nabbing collapse

kidnapping collapse: (law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment

abduction collapse: (physiology) moving of a body part away from the central axis of the body; the criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force a family member; if a man's wife is abducted it is a crime against the family relationship and against the wife

highway robbery collapse: robbery of travellers on or near a public road; an exorbitant price; "what they are asking for gas these days is highway robbery"

captious collapse: tending to find and call attention to faults; "a captious pedant"; "an excessively demanding and faultfinding tutor"

pettifoggery collapse

taking in collapse

overcritical collapse

dodging collapse

bad press collapse

bad notices collapse

animadversion collapse

fingering collapse: touching something with the fingers; the placement of the fingers for playing different notes (or sequences of notes) on a musical instrument

banditry collapse: the practice of plundering in gangs

pussyfooting collapse

carping collapse

prehension collapse

nit picking collapse

nit collapse: egg or young of an insect parasitic on mammals especially a sucking louse; often attached to a hair or item of clothing; a luminance unit equal to 1 candle per square meter measured perpendicular to the rays from the source

niggle collapse

obloquy collapse: state of disgrace resulting from public abuse

naming collapse: the verbal act of naming; "the part he failed was the naming of state capitals"

finicky collapse

quibbling collapse

extortion collapse: the felonious act of extorting money (as by threats of violence); unjust exaction (as by the misuse of authority); "the extortion by dishonest officials of fees for performing their sworn duty"; an exorbitant charge

mugging collapse: assault with intent to rob

robbery collapse: larceny by threat of violence

heist collapse: the act of stealing

dragnet collapse: a system of coordinated measures for apprehending (criminals or other individuals); "caught in the police dragnet"

evasive collapse: deliberately vague or ambiguous; "his answers were brief, constrained and evasive"; "an evasive statement"; avoiding or escaping from difficulty or danger especially enemy fire; "pilots are taught to take evasive action"

prevarication collapse

pestering collapse

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