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  • verb transitive To put up by sticking.
  • verb transitive, idiomatic To rob at gunpoint.
  • verb intransitive To protect one's status.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb rob at gunpoint or by means of some other threat
  • verb defend against attack or criticism

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