masked
2 of 2past tense of mask entry 2
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Adjective
The bank was held up by masked robbers.
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J. David McSwane, ProPublica, 18 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile warm-up demonstrations in Portland feature protestors in inflatable animal costumes—lots of frogs, along with unicorns, chickens, dinosaurs dancing in the streets, providing an alternative visual to the menace of masked enforcement agents.
—Nancy Gibbs, Time, 17 Oct. 2025
There were laws, of course, but they were enforced by human beings in uniform, with name badges and visible faces, not by masked men reminiscent of the Klan or soldiers outfitted for Fallujah.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
Three masked shooters fired multiple rounds onto the property, police said.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2025
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Adjective
Bands of masked men apprehending people in broad daylight in the streets and hauling them off.
—J. David McSwane, ProPublica, 18 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile warm-up demonstrations in Portland feature protestors in inflatable animal costumes—lots of frogs, along with unicorns, chickens, dinosaurs dancing in the streets, providing an alternative visual to the menace of masked enforcement agents.
—Nancy Gibbs, Time, 17 Oct. 2025
There were laws, of course, but they were enforced by human beings in uniform, with name badges and visible faces, not by masked men reminiscent of the Klan or soldiers outfitted for Fallujah.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
Three masked shooters fired multiple rounds onto the property, police said.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2025
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“Masked.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/masked. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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masked
adjective
: marked by the use of masks
a masked ball
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