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burglary collapse: entering a building unlawfully with intent to commit a felony or to steal valuable property

acquisition collapse: the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something; "the acquisition of wealth"; "the acquisition of one company by another"; something acquired; "a recent acquisition by the museum"

plagiarism collapse: the act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own; a piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work

embezzlement collapse: the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else

appropriation collapse: a deliberate act of acquisition; money set aside (as by a legislature) for a specific purpose

deductible collapse: a clause in an insurance policy that relieves the insurer of responsibility to pay the initial loss up to a stated amount; (taxes) an amount that can be deducted (especially for the purposes of calculating income tax); acceptable as a deduction (especially as a tax deduction)

liberation collapse: the act of liberating someone or something; the attempt to achieve equal rights or status; "she worked for women's liberation"

caper collapse: a playful leap or hop; a crime (especially a robbery); "the gang pulled off a bank job in St. Louis"; pickled flower buds used as a pungent relish in various dishes and sauces; any of numerous plants of the genus Capparis; jump about playfully

insurance collapse: promise of reimbursement in the case of loss; paid to people or companies so concerned about hazards that they have made prepayments to an insurance company

social security collapse: social welfare program in the U.S.; includes old-age and survivors insurance and some unemployment insurance and old-age assistance

annuity collapse: income from capital investment paid in a series of regular payments; "his retirement fund was set up to be paid as an annuity"

annexation collapse: the formal act of acquiring something (especially territory) by conquest or occupation; "the French annexation of Madagascar as a colony in 1896"; "a protectorate has frequently been a first step to annexation"; incorporation by joining or uniting

conveyance collapse: act of transferring property title from one person to another; something that serves as a means of transportation; the transmission of information; document effecting a property transfer

grab collapse: a mechanical device for gripping an object; capture the attention or imagination of; "This story will grab you"; "The movie seized my imagination"; take or grasp suddenly; "She grabbed the child's hand and ran out of the room"; make a grasping or snatching motion with the hand; "The passenger grabbed for the oxygen mask"; obtain illegally or unscrupulously; "Grab power"

stock company collapse: a theatrical company that performs plays from a repertoire; a company whose capital is represented by stock

steal collapse: a stolen base; an instance in which a base runner advances safely during the delivery of a pitch (without the help of a hit or walk or passed ball or wild pitch); steal a base; move stealthily; "The ship slipped away in the darkness"; take without the owner's consent; "Someone stole my wallet on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation"

graft collapse: the act of grafting something onto something else; (surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient; cause to grow together parts from different plants; "graft the cherry tree branch onto the plum tree"

reception collapse: the act of receiving; (American football) the act of catching a pass in football; "the tight end made a great reception on the 20 yard line"; quality or fidelity of a received broadcast; the manner in which something is greeted; "she did not expect the cold reception she received from her superiors"; a formal party of people; as after a wedding

job collapse: a damaging piece of work; "dry rot did the job of destroying the barn"; "the barber did a real job on my hair"; the performance of a piece of work; "she did an outstanding job as Ophelia"; "he gave it up as a bad job"; the responsibility to do something; "it is their job to print the truth"; a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee; "estimates of the city's loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars"; "the job of repairing the engine took several hours"; "the endless task of classifying the samples"; "the farmer's morning chores"; a workplace; as in the expression "on the job";; an object worked on; a result produced by working; "he held the job in his left hand and worked on it with his right"; a book in the Old Testament containing Job's pleas to God about his afflictions and God's reply; (computer science) a program application that may consist of several steps but is a single logical unit; any long-suffering person who withstands affliction without despairing; a Jewish hero in the Old Testament who maintained his faith in God in spite of afflictions that tested him; work occasionally; "As a student I jobbed during the semester breaks"; profit privately from public office and official business

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