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parasite — noun adsecula, barnacle, beggar, bloodsucker, borrower, burden, cadger, destructive agency, follower, leech, loafer, mendicant, nonworker, panhandler, scrounger, sponge, sycophant Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
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Vis|it|a|tion — «VIHZ uh TAY shuhn», noun. 1. the act of visiting. SYNONYM(S): visit, call. 2. the act of visiting for the purpose of making an official inspection or examination. A nation at war has the right of visitation of neutral ships; that is, the right… … Useful english dictionary
vis|it|a|tion — «VIHZ uh TAY shuhn», noun. 1. the act of visiting. SYNONYM(S): visit, call. 2. the act of visiting for the purpose of making an official inspection or examination. A nation at war has the right of visitation of neutral ships; that is, the right… … Useful english dictionary
