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noun

• (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard

• common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of the American crow

verb

• deprive of by deceit

98%6Exact Match!
noun

• a card game similar to ecarte; each player is dealt 5 cards and the player making trump must take 3 tricks to win a hand

21%4 Tax cheat chaser, informally
noun

• a special law-enforcement agent of the United States Treasury

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