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71iniquity — /i nik wi tee/, n., pl. iniquities. 1. gross injustice or wickedness. 2. a violation of right or duty; wicked act; sin. [1300 50; ME < L iniquitas unevenness, unfairness, equiv. to iniqu(us) uneven, unfair (in IN 3 + iquus, comb. form of aequus… …
72literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
73ropery — /roh peuh ree/, n., pl. roperies. 1. a place where ropes are made. 2. Archaic. knavery; roguery. [1325 75; ME roperie. See ROPE, ERY] * * * …
74trickster tale — In oral traditions worldwide, a story of deceit, magic, and violence perpetrated by a mythical animal human (trickster). The trickster hero is both creator god and innocent fool, evil destroyer and childlike prankster. Coyote, the trickster of… …
75Marcus Aurelius Antoninus — • Second century Roman emperor and philosopher Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Marcus Aurelius Antoninus …
76Wales — • Located in the western portion of Great Britain Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Wales Wales † …
77collusion — col·lu·sion /kə lü zhən/ n: the act or an instance of colluding col·lu·sive / siv/ adj Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …
78deceit — de·ceit n: deliberate and misleading concealment, false declaration, or artifice: deception theft by deceit; also: the tort of committing or carrying out deceit an action for deceit see also fraud, misrepresentation …
79fraud — n [Latin fraud fraus] 1 a: any act, expression, omission, or concealment calculated to deceive another to his or her disadvantage; specif: a misrepresentation or concealment with reference to some fact material to a transaction that is made with… …
80malfeasance — mal·fea·sance /ˌmal fēz əns/ n [mal bad + obsolete English feasance doing, execution, from Old French faisance, from fais , stem of faire to make, do, from Latin facere]: the commission (as by a public official) of a wrongful or unlawful act… …
