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take by theft; "Someone snitched my wallet!" hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left hit with a hook; "His opponent hooked him badly" catch with a hook; "hook a fish" fasten with a hook secure with the foot; "hook the ball" entice and trap; "The car salesman had snared three potential customers" approach with an offer of sexual favors; "he was solicited by a prostitute"; "The young man was caught soliciting in the park" a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer; "he tooks lessons to cure his hooking" a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something a catch for locking a door to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug) make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle; "She sat there crocheting all day" a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket anything that serves as an enticement make off with belongings of others rip off; ask an unreasonable price |
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