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(noun) a badge worn to show official position
insignia
means
(noun) a stick that people can lean on to help them walk
cane
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(verb) take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom; "The industrialist's son was kidnapped"
kidnap, nobble, snatch, abduct
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(verb) take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship; "The men were shanghaied after being drugged"
shanghai, impress
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(adjective) marked by practical hardheaded intelligence; "a smart businessman"; "an astute tenant always reads the small print in a lease"; "he was too shrewd to go along with them on a road that could lead only to their overthrow"
sharp, shrewd, astute
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(adjective) suggesting the operation of supernatural influences; "an eldritch screech"; "the three weird sisters"; "stumps...had uncanny shapes as of monstrous creatures"- John Galsworthy; "an unearthly light"; "he could hear the unearthly scream of some curlew piercing the din"- Henry Kingsley
eldritch, unearthly, uncanny, weird
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(adjective) determining or having the power to determine an outcome; "cast the decisive vote"; "two factors had a decisive influence"
decisive
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