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plunder collapse: steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"

cartridge collapse: ammunition consisting of a cylindrical casing containing an explosive charge and a bullet; fired from a rifle or handgun; an electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle and that is removable; a module designed to be inserted into a larger piece of equipment; "he loaded a cartridge of fresh tape into the tape deck"

loot collapse: goods or money obtained illegally; take illegally; of intellectual property; "This writer plundered from famous authors"

proportional representation collapse: representation of all parties in proportion to their popular vote

till collapse: unstratified soil deposited by a glacier; consists of sand and clay and gravel and boulders mixed together; work land as by ploughing, harrowing, and manuring, in order to make it ready for cultivation; "till the soil"

plexus collapse: a network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels

cerebral cortex collapse: the layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum

blackmail collapse: extortion of money by threats to divulge discrediting information; obtain through threats; exert pressure on someone through threats

patronage collapse: (politics) granting favors or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support; support by being a patron of

frame of reference collapse: a system of assumptions and standards that sanction behavior and give it meaning

Socialist Party collapse: a political party in the United States formed in 1900 to advocate socialism

Republican Party collapse: the younger of two major political parties in the United States; GOP is an acronym for grand old party

Democratic Party collapse: the older of two major political parties in the United States

haul collapse: transport in a vehicle; "haul stones from the quarry in a truck"; "haul vegetables to the market"; draw slowly or heavily; "haul stones"; "haul nets"

third party collapse: a political party organized in opposition to the major parties in a two-party system; someone other than the principals who are involved in a transaction

floating collapse: the act of someone who floats on the water; borne up by or suspended in a liquid; "the ship is still floating"; "floating logs"; "floating seaweed"; inclined to move or be moved about; "a floating crap game"

universe collapse: everything stated or assumed in a given discussion; everything that exists anywhere; "they study the evolution of the universe"; "the biggest tree in existence"

Communist Party collapse: a political party that actively advocates a communist form of government; in Communist countries it is the sole political party of the state

city hall collapse: a building that houses administrative offices of a municipal government

capitalism collapse: an economic system based on private ownership of capital

pickup collapse: the act of taking aboard passengers or freight; the act or process of picking up or collecting from various places; "garbage pickup is on Mondays and Thursdays"; a light truck with an open body and low sides and a tailboard; anything with restorative powers; "she needed the pickup that coffee always gave her"; the attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration; "his car has a lot of pickup"; a warrant to take someone into custody; "put out a pickup on that man"; a casual acquaintance; often made in hope of sexual relationships

Tammany Hall collapse: a political organization within the Democratic Party in New York City (late 1800's and early 1900's) seeking political control by corruption and bossism

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