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abstricting

v.
C2 Proficiency ab·strict·ing

v. to take something away or remove it from a place. It is an old-fashioned word that people rarely use today.

v. to remove or take away something from a place or situation. Often used in the context of legal or formal removal, though it is largely archaic in modern English.


SIMPLE

The old law allowed the king to abstricting land from the peasants.

CONTEXTUAL

In the historical novel, the king is shown abstricting the noble titles from those who failed to pay their taxes.

COMPLEX

The legal document describes the process by which the court may abstricting property from a debtor to satisfy an outstanding judgment, though such procedures are now governed by more modern statutes.

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