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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The right of a warring nation to stop a neutral vessel on the high seas and search it for contraband.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the right of a belligerent to stop neutral ships on the high seas in wartime and search them
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