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from The Century Dictionary.
- To seize as a pledge or guaranty; hence, kidnap; seize forcibly, as a person or property, as a means of obtaining redress.
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hernesheir commented on the word panyar
A word derived from Portuguese penhorar, from the days of the slave trade in coastal West Africa.
February 22, 2013