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Crooks Comeuppance

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noun

• a sudden short attack

• an attempt by speculators to defraud investors

verb

• search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on

• enter someone else's territory and take spoils

• take over (a company) by buying a controlling interest of its stock

• search for something needed or desired

35%6 Give someone their comeuppance
verb

• take revenge for a perceived wrong

35%8 Vengeance or comeuppance
noun

• a justly deserved penalty

• an act of requiting; returning in kind

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