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  • 61heist — heister, n. /huyst/, Slang. n. 1. a robbery or holdup: Four men were involved in the armored car heist. v.t. 2. to take unlawfully, esp. in a robbery or holdup; steal: to heist a million dollars worth of jewels. 3. to rob or hold up. [1925 30,… …

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  • 64Cochise County in the Old West — Cochise County in 1884, near the height of the silver boom. Cochise County in the Old West was a formative period from about 1870 to 1900 in the American Southwest. The period was characterized by rapidly growing boomtowns due to silver mining,… …

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  • 66delay — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. put off, retard, defer, postpone; linger, dally, loiter, procrastinate. n. postponement, stay; procrastination. See lateness, slowness, hindrance, durability. Ant., hasten. II (Roget s IV) n. 1.… …

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  • 67heist — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n., slang, burglary (see stealing). II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. Sl. holdup, *stickup. see robbery III (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb 1. Slang. To take (another s property) without permission: filch,… …

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  • 68impediment — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. hindrance, obstacle. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Something that impedes] Syn. hindrance, obstacle, obstruction, barrier, block, bar, clog, stop, encumbrance, difficulty, check, retardation, stoppage,… …

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  • 69theft — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. larceny, stealing. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. robbery, racket, thievery, larceny, stealing, swindling, swindle, cheating, defrauding, rapacity, fraud, piracy, burglary, pillage, pilfering, plunder,… …

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  • 70robbery — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. burglary, larceny, thievery; see crime 2 , theft . See Synonym Study at theft . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. stealing, thievery, burglary, mugging, armed robbery, theft, *holdup, *stickup, *heist, looting, break in,… …

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