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Obreption
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noun
Obreption
n.
1.
The act of creeping upon with secrecy or by surprise. (Obs.)
2.
(Scots Law) The obtaining gifts of escheat by fraud or surprise.
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concealment; hiding &c. v.; occultation, mystification. seal of secrecy; screen &c. 530; disguise &c. 530; masquerade; masked battery; hiding place &c. 530; cryptography, steganography[obs3]; freemasonry. stealth, stealthiness, sneakiness;
obreption
|; slyness &c. (cunning) 702. latitancy[obs3], latitation[obs3]; seclusion &c. 893; privacy, secrecy, secretness[obs3]; incognita. reticence; reserve; mental reserve, reservation; arriere pensee[Fr], suppression,
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