Related Words for crime

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criminality
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Noun, Noun
criminal
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Noun
homicide
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Noun
violence
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Noun
robbery
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Noun
crim
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Name
theft
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Noun
terrorism
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Noun
burglary
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Noun
felony
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Noun
corruption
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Noun
fraud
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Noun
offence
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Noun
cybercrime
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Noun
perpetrate
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Verb
punishment
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Noun, Adjective
atrocity
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Noun
shoplifting
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Noun
prosecution
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Noun
criminology
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Noun
offender
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Noun
espionage
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Noun
malfeasance
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Noun
mayhem
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Noun
injustice
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Noun
delinquency
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Noun
thievery
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Noun
criminalization
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Noun
murderer
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Noun
offense
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Noun
homelessness
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Noun
kidnapping
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Noun
count
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Noun
indictment
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Noun
charge
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Noun
criminal procedure
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Phrase, Noun
infraction
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Noun
assault
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Noun
impeachment
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Noun
crime against humanity
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Phrase, Noun
crime against nature
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Phrase, Noun
fact
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Noun
crime of passion
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Phrase, Noun
arrest
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Noun
mischief
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Noun
sentence
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Noun
misdemeanor
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Noun, Adjective
vice
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Noun
committal
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Noun
guilty
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Adjective
war crime
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Phrase, Noun
complaint
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Noun
corpus delicti
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Phrase, Noun
breach of the peace
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Phrase, Noun
sexual abuse
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Phrase, Noun
accusation
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Noun
terror
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Noun
hate crime
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Phrase, Noun
foul play
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Phrase, Noun
breaking and entering
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Phrase, Noun
malice in fact
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Phrase, Noun
advice
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Noun
motive
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Noun
contempt of court
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Phrase, Noun
malice
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Noun
armed robbery
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Name, Name
gang
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Noun
doom
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Noun
malice aforethought
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Phrase, Noun
trespass
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Noun
mugging
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Noun
commitment
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Noun
breach
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Noun
lesser included offense
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Phrase, Noun
handling
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Noun
injury
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Noun
traffic ticket
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Phrase, Noun
capital punishment
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Phrase, Noun
wound
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Noun
banditry
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Noun
penalty
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Noun
treason
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Noun
shooting
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Noun
incitement
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Noun
violation
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Noun
art and part
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Phrase, Noun
trouble
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Noun
rout
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Noun
modus operandi
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Phrase, Noun
miscarriage of justice
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Phrase, Noun
traffic
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Noun
fire
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Noun
home invasion
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Phrase, Noun
entrapment
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Noun
intent
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Noun
contest
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Noun
grab
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Noun
defendant
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Noun
cause of action
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Phrase, Noun
arraignment
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Noun
force
/
Noun
coercion
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Noun
arson
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Noun
conspiracy
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Noun
death penalty
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Phrase, Noun
battery
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Noun
offensive
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Noun
appeal
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Noun
police court
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Phrase, Noun
mail fraud
//
Phrase, Noun
invasion of privacy
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Phrase, Noun
indecent assault
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Phrase, Noun
stalking
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Noun
detention
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Noun
death sentence
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Phrase, Noun
solicitation
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Noun
riot
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Noun
revolt
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Noun
underreported
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Adjective
punishable
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Adjective
unpunished
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Adjective
organised
xxx
Adjective
unpardonable
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Adjective
unforgivable
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Adjective
cyber
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Adjective
pauperism
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Noun
hate
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Adjective
dastardly
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Adjective
seductions
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Noun
copycat
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Adjective
bias
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Adjective
atrocious
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Adjective
committing
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Verb
accomplice
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Noun
indictable
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Adjective
lynching
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Verb
unreported
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Adjective
street
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Adjective
cognizable
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Adjective
collar
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Adjective
genocide
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Noun
enormity
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Noun
violent
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Adjective
deters
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Verb
abominable
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Adjective
deviance
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Noun
act
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Noun, Verb, Adverb
actus
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Noun
against
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Noun
antipoverty
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Adjective
antitrust
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Adjective
assassination
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Noun
assault and battery
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Phrase, Noun
attack
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
bad
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
burglar
/x
Noun, Verb
case
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
city
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Noun
commission
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Noun, Verb
contravention
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Noun
controversial
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Adjective, Noun
death
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Noun
disaster
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Noun
disgrace
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Noun, Verb
divisional
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Adjective, Name
drug
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Noun, Verb
error
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Noun, Verb
evil
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Adjective, Noun, Adverb
fault
/
Noun, Verb
felon
/x
Noun, Adjective
forgive
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Verb
grievance
/x
Noun
guilt
/
Noun, Verb
gun
/
Noun, Verb
high treason
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Phrase, Noun
hijack
/x
Verb, Noun
infringement
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Noun
interest
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Noun, Verb
jail
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Noun, Verb
justice
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Noun
killing
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Noun, Adjective
laundering
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Noun
lawlessness
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Noun
malaria
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Noun
maltreatment
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Noun
mastermind
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Noun, Verb
murder
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Noun, Verb
narcotics
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Adjective
neglect
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Noun, Verb
outrage
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Noun, Verb
passion
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Noun, Verb
pay
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
penal
/x
Adjective
perjury
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Noun
phenomenon
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Noun
police
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Noun, Verb
pollution
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Noun
prison
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Noun, Verb
protection
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Noun
racketeering
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Noun
rape
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Noun, Verb, Adverb
sacrilege
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Noun
scandal
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Noun, Verb
scene
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Noun, Verb
scourge
/
Noun, Verb
sexual assault
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Phrase, Noun
sin
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Noun, Verb
slaying
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Noun
stabbing
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Noun, Adjective
steal
/
Verb, Noun
stop
/
Verb, Noun
tank
/
Noun, Verb
thief
/
Noun
tort
/
Noun, Adjective
transgression
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Noun
transnational
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Adjective, Noun
watch
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Verb, Noun
wrong
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Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
wrongdoing
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Noun
breakeven
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
save
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Verb, Noun
get
/
Verb, Noun
die
/
Verb, Noun
milestone
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Noun, Verb
tell
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Verb, Noun
off
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Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun