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91Tirailleur — Ti rail leur , n. [F., from tirailler to skirmish, wrest, from tirer to draw.] (Mil.) Formerly, a member of an independent body of marksmen in the French army. They were used sometimes in front of the army to annoy the enemy, sometimes in the… …
92Augeas — In Greek mythology, Augeas (or Augeias, Greek: Ἀυγείας), whose name means bright , was king of Elis and husband of Epicaste. He is best known for his stables, which housed the single greatest number of cattle in the country and had never been… …
93Appius Claudius Pulcher (consul 185 BC) — Appius Claudius Pulcher (Latin: APP•CLAVDIVS•APP•F•P•N•PVLCHER) was a Roman politician of the 2nd century BC.LifeSon of Appius Claudius Pulcher (consul 212 BC) and brother of Publius Claudius Pulcher (consul 184 BC), in 197 BC and the three… …
94acquire — ac·quire /ə kwīr/ vt ac·quired, ac·quir·ing: to come into possession, ownership, or control of: obtain as one s own the target s directors don t want the company to be acquired R. C. Clark the court acquired jurisdiction ac·quir·er also… …
95deception — 1 Deception, fraud, double dealing, trickery, chicane, chicanery mean the act or practice of, or the means used by, one who deliberately deceives in order to accomplish his ends. Deception may or may not imply blameworthiness, for it may be used… …
96commandeer — v 1. draft, induct, conscript, con scribe, impress, press, Naut. shanghai, crimp; recruit, enlist, Archaic. list, muster in, levy; activate, call up, mobilize. 2. seize, take possession of, expropriate, appropriate, misappropriate, arrogate,… …
97deprive — v 1. withhold, deny, refuse, debar, shut out. 2. remove, divest, strip, denude, despoil; dispossess, Law. disseize, expropriate, appropriate, confiscate, Law. attach, seize, commandeer; bereave, wrest from, wring from, take away; mulct, rob …
98dispossess — v 1. strip, deprive, divest, bereave, Law. disseize; disinherit, disown, unhouse; depose, unseat, turn out, dethrone, dismiss, displace, dislodge; supplant, supersede, take the place of; demote, unfrock, disbar. 2. expropriate, commandeer,… …
99expropriate — v 1. seize, commandeer, take possession of, appropriate, misappropriate, arrogate, assume; confiscate, impound, Law. distrain; (all of persons) abduct, impress, conscript, Naut. shanghai, kidnap; wrest from, take from, usurp, accroach; help… …
100impress — I v 1. move, sway, bend, influence; persuade, win over, bring round; touch, reach, go to one s heart, Sl. get under one s skin; affect deeply, stir, disturb, bother, trouble; grab, galvanize, electrify, strike, overwhelm, overpower, bedazzle. 2.… …
