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Word From The Latin For Noose

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noun

• a long noosed rope used to catch animals

• Belgian composer (1532-1594)

verb

• catch with a lasso

24%6 Sailor's noose
noun

• (nautical) a short line with an eye at one end and a knot at the other; used to secure loose items on a ship

• (Roman Catholic Church) archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 to 1170; murdered following his opposition to Henry II's attempts to control the clergy (1118-1170)

24%7 Catch in a noose
verb

• take or catch as if in a snare or trap

• catch in or as if in a trap

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New York Times18 Nov 2018 Down 12
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