| abort | (noun) the act of terminating a project or procedure before it is completed | - |
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| (verb) terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion | - |
| (verb) cease development, die, and be aborted | - |
| (verb) terminate before completion | - |
| aborticide | (noun) the act of destroying a fetus | Synonyms: feticide |
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| (noun) a drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortion | Synonyms: abortifacient, abortion-inducing drug |
| abortifacient | (adjective) causing abortion | - |
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| (noun) a drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortion | Synonyms: aborticide, abortion-inducing drug |
| abortion | (noun) termination of pregnancy | - |
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| (noun) failure of a plan | Synonyms: miscarriage |
| abortionist | (noun) a person (who should be a doctor) who terminates pregnancies | - |
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| abortive | (adjective) failing to accomplish an intended result | Synonyms: stillborn, unsuccessful |
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| abortively | (adverb) in an unfruitful manner | - |
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| abortus | (noun) a human fetus whose weight is less than 0.5 kilogram when removed or expelled from the mother's body | - |
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| adrenocortical | (adjective) of or derived from the cortex of the adrenal glands | - |
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| adrenocorticotrophic | (adjective) stimulating or acting on the adrenal cortex | Synonyms: adrenocorticotropic |
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| adrenocorticotrophin | (noun) a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex | Synonyms: ACTH, adrenocorticotrophic hormone, adrenocorticotropic hormone, adrenocorticotropin, corticotrophin, corticotropin |
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| adrenocorticotropic | (adjective) stimulating or acting on the adrenal cortex | Synonyms: adrenocorticotrophic |
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| adrenocorticotropin | (noun) a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex | Synonyms: ACTH, adrenocorticotrophic hormone, adrenocorticotrophin, adrenocorticotropic hormone, corticotrophin, corticotropin |
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| airport | (noun) an airfield equipped with control tower and hangars as well as accommodations for passengers and cargo | Synonyms: aerodrome, airdrome, drome |
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| airworthiness | (noun) fitness to fly | - |
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| airworthy | (adjective) (of aircraft) fit to fly | - |
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| amort | (adjective) utterly cast down | - |
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| amortisation | (noun) payment of an obligation in a series of installments or transfers | Synonyms: amortization |
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| (noun) the reduction of the value of an asset by prorating its cost over a period of years | Synonyms: amortization |
| amortise | (verb) liquidate gradually | Synonyms: amortize |
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| amortization | (noun) payment of an obligation in a series of installments or transfers | Synonyms: amortisation |
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| (noun) the reduction of the value of an asset by prorating its cost over a period of years | Synonyms: amortisation |
| amortize | (verb) liquidate gradually | Synonyms: amortise |
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| anorthic | (adjective) having three unequal crystal axes intersecting at oblique angles | Synonyms: triclinic |
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| anorthite | (noun) rare plagioclastic feldspar occurring in many igneous rocks | - |
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| anorthitic | (adjective) characteristic of anorthite | - |
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| anorthography | (noun) a loss of the ability to write or to express thoughts in writing because of a brain lesion | Synonyms: agraphia, logagraphia |
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| anorthopia | (noun) distorted vision in which straight lines appear curved | - |
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| antemortem | (adjective) preceding death | - |
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| aorta | (noun) the large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries | - |
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| aortal | (adjective) of or relating to the aorta | Synonyms: aortic |
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| aortic | (adjective) of or relating to the aorta | Synonyms: aortal |
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| aortitis | (noun) inflammation of the aorta | - |
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| apportion | (verb) give out as one's portion or share | Synonyms: deal, divvy up, portion out, share |
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| (verb) distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose | Synonyms: allocate |
| apportionable | (adjective) capable of being distributed | Synonyms: allocable, allocatable |
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| apportioned | (adjective) given out in portions | Synonyms: dealt out, doled out, meted out, parceled out |
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| apportioning | (noun) the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan | Synonyms: allocation, allotment, apportionment, assignation, parceling, parcelling |
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| apportionment | (noun) the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan | Synonyms: allocation, allotment, apportioning, assignation, parceling, parcelling |
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| assort | (verb) arrange or order by classes or categories | Synonyms: class, classify, separate, sort, sort out |
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| (verb) keep company with; hang out with | Synonyms: affiliate, associate, consort |
| assorted | (adjective) of many different kinds purposefully arranged but lacking any uniformity | Synonyms: various |
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| (adjective) consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds | Synonyms: miscellaneous, mixed, motley, sundry |
| assortment | (noun) the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type | Synonyms: categorisation, categorization, classification, compartmentalisation, compartmentalization |
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| (noun) a collection containing a variety of sorts of things | Synonyms: miscellanea, miscellany, mixed bag, mixture, motley, potpourri, salmagundi, smorgasbord, variety |
| awlwort | (noun) small aquatic plant having tufted awl-shaped leaves in a basal rosette and minute white flowers; circumboreal | Synonyms: Subularia aquatica |
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| barrenwort | (noun) slow-growing creeping plant with semi-evergreen leaves on erect wiry stems; used as ground cover | Synonyms: bishop's hat, Epimedium grandiflorum |
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| bellwort | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Uvularia having yellowish drooping bell-shaped flowers | Synonyms: merry bells, wild oats |
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| birthwort | (noun) creeping plant having curving flowers thought to resemble fetuses; native to Europe; naturalized Great Britain and eastern North America | Synonyms: Aristolochia clematitis |
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| bladderwort | (noun) any of numerous aquatic carnivorous plants of the genus Utricularia some of whose leaves are modified as small urn-shaped bladders that trap minute aquatic animals | - |
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| blameworthiness | (noun) a state of guilt | Synonyms: culpability, culpableness |
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| blameworthy | (adjective) deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious | Synonyms: blamable, blameable, blameful, censurable, culpable |
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| bloodwort | (noun) any of various plants of the family Haemodoraceae; roots contain a deep red coloring matter | - |
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| bortsch | (noun) a Russian or Polish soup usually containing beet juice as a foundation | Synonyms: borsch, borscht, borsh, borshch, borsht |
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| boxershorts | (noun) underpants worn by men | Synonyms: boxers, drawers, shorts, underdrawers |
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| butterwort | (noun) any of numerous carnivorous bog plants of the genus Pinguicula having showy purple or yellow or white flowers and a rosette of basal leaves coated with a sticky secretion to trap small insects | - |
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| carport | (noun) garage for one or two cars consisting of a flat roof supported on poles | Synonyms: car port |
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| cavort | (verb) play boisterously | Synonyms: disport, frisk, frolic, gambol, lark, lark about, rollick, romp, run around, skylark, sport |
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| chlortetracycline | (noun) a yellow crystalline antibiotic (trade name Aureomycin) used to treat certain bacterial and rickettsial diseases | Synonyms: Aureomycin |
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| chlorthalidone | (noun) a diuretic (trade names Hygroton and Thalidone) used to control hypertension and conditions that cause edema; effective in lowering blood pressure to prevent heart attacks | Synonyms: Hygroton, Thalidone |
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| chortle | (noun) a soft partly suppressed laugh | Synonyms: chuckle |
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| (verb) laugh quietly or with restraint | Synonyms: chuckle, laugh softly |
| cohort | (noun) a band of warriors (originally a unit of a Roman Legion) | - |
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| (noun) a company of companions or supporters | - |
| (noun) a group of people having approximately the same age | Synonyms: age bracket, age group |
| colewort | (noun) a hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head | Synonyms: borecole, Brassica oleracea acephala, cole, kail, kale |
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| comfort | (noun) the act of consoling; giving relief in affliction | Synonyms: consolation, solace |
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| (noun) assistance, such as that provided to an enemy or to a known criminal | - |
| (noun) bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together | Synonyms: comforter, puff, quilt |
| (noun) a feeling of freedom from worry or disappointment | - |
| (noun) a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain | Synonyms: comfortableness |
| (noun) a freedom from financial difficulty that promotes a comfortable state | Synonyms: ease |
| (noun) satisfaction or physical well-being provided by a person or thing | - |
| (verb) lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate | Synonyms: ease |
| (verb) give moral or emotional strength to | Synonyms: console, solace, soothe |
| comfortable | (adjective) providing or experiencing physical well-being or relief (`comfy' is informal) | Synonyms: comfy |
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| (adjective) free from stress or conducive to mental ease; having or affording peace of mind | - |
| (adjective) in fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich | Synonyms: easy, prosperous, well-fixed, well-heeled, well-off, well-situated, well-to-do |
| (adjective) sufficient to provide comfort | - |
| (adjective) having a wide margin | - |
| comfortableness | (noun) a feeling of being at ease in a relationship | - |
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| (noun) a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain | Synonyms: comfort |
| comfortably | (adverb) in mental comfort; without stress | - |
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| (adverb) in financial comfort | Synonyms: well |
| (adverb) in physical comfort | - |
| comforted | (adjective) made comfortable or more comfortable in a time of distress | - |
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| comforter | (noun) bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together | Synonyms: comfort, puff, quilt |
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| (noun) device used for an infant to suck or bite on | Synonyms: baby's dummy, pacifier, teething ring |
| (noun) a person who commiserates with someone who has had misfortune | Synonyms: sympathiser, sympathizer |
| (noun) a person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies | Synonyms: allayer, reliever |
| comforting | (adjective) affording comfort or solace | Synonyms: consolatory, consoling |
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| (adjective) providing freedom from worry | Synonyms: cheering, satisfying |
| comfortingly | (adverb) in a comforting or consoling manner | Synonyms: consolingly |
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| comfortless | (adjective) without comfort | - |
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| comforts | (noun) things that make you comfortable and at ease | Synonyms: amenities, conveniences, creature comforts |
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| comport | (verb) behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself | Synonyms: acquit, act, bear, behave, carry, conduct, deport, do |
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| (verb) behave well or properly | Synonyms: behave |
| comportment | (noun) dignified manner or conduct | Synonyms: bearing, mien, presence |
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| consort | (noun) a family of similar musical instrument playing together | Synonyms: choir |
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| (noun) the husband or wife of a reigning monarch | - |
| (verb) keep company | Synonyms: run |
| (verb) keep company with; hang out with | Synonyms: affiliate, associate, assort |
| (verb) go together | Synonyms: accord, agree, concord, fit in, harmonise, harmonize |
| consortium | (noun) an association of companies for some definite purpose | Synonyms: pool, syndicate |
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| contort | (verb) twist and press out of shape | Synonyms: deform, distort, wring |
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| contorted | (adjective) twisted (especially as in pain or struggle) | Synonyms: writhed, writhen |
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| contortion | (noun) the act of twisting or deforming the shape of something (e.g., yourself) | Synonyms: deformation |
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| (noun) a tortuous and twisted shape or position | Synonyms: crookedness, torsion, tortuosity, tortuousness |
| contortionist | (noun) an acrobat able to twist into unusual positions | - |
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| coralwort | (noun) European bittercress having a knotted white rootstock | Synonyms: Cardamine bulbifera, coral-root bittercress, coralroot, Dentaria bulbifera |
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| cortege | (noun) the group following and attending to some important person | Synonyms: entourage, retinue, suite |
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| (noun) a funeral procession | - |
| cortex | (noun) the tissue forming the outer layer of an organ or structure in plant or animal | - |
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| (noun) the layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum | Synonyms: cerebral cortex, cerebral mantle, pallium |
| (noun) the tissue that surrounds the lens nucleus | Synonyms: lens cortex |
| cortical | (adjective) of or relating to a cortex | - |
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| cortically | (adverb) with respect to the cortex | - |
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| corticifugal | (adjective) of a nerve fiber passing outward from the cerebral cortex | Synonyms: corticoefferent, corticofugal |
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| corticipetal | (adjective) of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the cerebral cortex | Synonyms: corticoafferent |
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| corticoafferent | (adjective) of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the cerebral cortex | Synonyms: corticipetal |
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| corticoefferent | (adjective) of a nerve fiber passing outward from the cerebral cortex | Synonyms: corticifugal, corticofugal |
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| corticofugal | (adjective) of a nerve fiber passing outward from the cerebral cortex | Synonyms: corticifugal, corticoefferent |
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| corticoid | (noun) a steroid hormone produced by the adrenal cortex or synthesized; administered as drugs they reduce swelling and decrease the body's immune response | Synonyms: adrenal cortical steroid, corticosteroid |
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| corticosteroid | (noun) a steroid hormone produced by the adrenal cortex or synthesized; administered as drugs they reduce swelling and decrease the body's immune response | Synonyms: adrenal cortical steroid, corticoid |
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| corticosterone | (noun) secreted by the adrenal cortex; involved in regulating water and electrolyte balance in the body | - |
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| corticotrophin | (noun) a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex | Synonyms: ACTH, adrenocorticotrophic hormone, adrenocorticotrophin, adrenocorticotropic hormone, adrenocorticotropin, corticotropin |
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| corticotropin | (noun) a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex | Synonyms: ACTH, adrenocorticotrophic hormone, adrenocorticotrophin, adrenocorticotropic hormone, adrenocorticotropin, corticotrophin |
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| cortina | (noun) a cobwebby partial veil consisting of silky fibrils | - |
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| cortisol | (noun) an adrenal-cortex hormone (trade names Hydrocortone or Cortef) that is active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism | Synonyms: Cortef, hydrocortisone, Hydrocortone |
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| cortisone | (noun) a corticosteroid hormone (trade name Cortone Acetate) normally produced by the adrenal cortex; is converted to hydrocortisone | Synonyms: Cortone Acetate |
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| creditworthiness | (noun) trustworthiness with money as based on a person's credit history; a general qualification for borrowing | - |
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| creditworthy | (adjective) having an acceptable credit rating | Synonyms: responsible |
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| danewort | (noun) dwarf herbaceous elder of Europe having pink flowers and a nauseous odor | Synonyms: dwarf elder, Sambucus ebulus |
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| davenport | (noun) a large sofa usually convertible into a bed | - |
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| (noun) a small decorative writing desk | - |
| decorticate | (verb) remove the cortex of (an organ) | - |
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| (verb) remove the outer layer of | - |
| decortication | (noun) removal of the outer covering of an organ or part | - |
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| deport | (verb) behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself | Synonyms: acquit, act, bear, behave, carry, comport, conduct, do |
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| (verb) expel from a country | Synonyms: exile, expatriate |
| (verb) hand over to the authorities of another country | Synonyms: deliver, extradite |