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They May Be Collared

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noun

• (law enforcement) Perpetrator.

98%4Exact Match!
noun

• using a computerized radiographic technique to examine the metabolic activity in various tissues (especially in the brain)

• a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement

• a special loved one

• a fit of petulance or sulkiness (especially at what is felt to be a slight)

adjective satellite

• preferred above all others and treated with partiality

verb

• stroke or caress gently

• stroke or caress in an erotic manner, as during lovemaking

33%8 A clergyman may be arrested
verb

• To grab or seize by the collar or neck.

• To place a collar on, to fit with one.

• To seize, capture or detain.

• To preempt, control stringently and exclusively.

• (law enforcement) To arrest.

• To bind in conversation.

• To roll up (beef or other meat) and bind it with string preparatory to cooking.

• (BDSM) To bind (a submissive) to a dominant under specific conditions or obligations.

adjective

• Having a collar (or other encircling demarcation).

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New York Times10 Oct 2002 Across 23
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