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absquatulation

n.
C2 Proficiency ab·squat·u·la·tion

n. the act of stealing or taking something away by force. It is a very old-fashioned and formal word that people rarely use today.

n. the act of stealing or the state of being stolen. Archaic in modern usage, though it appears in historical legal texts and literature.


SIMPLE

The thief committed an act of absquatulation.

CONTEXTUAL

In the old legal documents, the term absquatulation was used to describe the unlawful taking of property.

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