To cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)
English: addict, hook
Bahasa: mengait, menyangkutkan, menggait
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menggaetBahasa Indonesia
hook, snatch, nobble, abduct, abstract
Rare
#22,394 of the corpus · 1.7 per million words · 7,438 occurrences
From gaet (meN-) · rare, #69,041
Verb
Fasten with a hook
English: hook
Bahasa: kait, mengait, menyangkutkan, menggait, bercangkuk, mencangkuk
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To grasp hastily or eagerly
English: snatch, snatch up, snap
Bahasa: mencapai, mencakup, merebut, capai, merampas, menggertak, merenggut, menyambar
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8 more verb senses
Take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom
English: kidnap, nobble, abduct, snatch
Bahasa: melarikan, menculik, merampas, merenggut, menyambar, menyabet, culik, mencaplok
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Make off with belongings of others
English: pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift
Bahasa: mengambil, mencuri, menyapu, menjepit, kebas, menyerobot, meragut, mengait
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Rip off, ask an unreasonable price
English: overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook
Bahasa: menipu, merampok, merampas, memeras, meresap, merendam, mengait, meronce
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Take by theft
English: hook, snitch, thieve, cop, knock off, glom
Bahasa: mencuri, kebas, mengait, menyangkutkan, menggait
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Approach with an offer of sexual favors
English: hook, solicit, accost
Bahasa: mendapatkan, mendekati, mengait, menyangkutkan, menggait, mencakapi
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Entice and trap
English: hook, snare
Bahasa: perangkap, menjerat, memerangkap, mengait, menyangkutkan, menggait
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To make grasping motions
English: snatch
Bahasa: menyambar, menyabet, mencaplok, rampas, mencekau, menyewat, menyembat
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Make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle
English: crochet, hook
Bahasa: mengait, merenda, menyangkutkan, menggait
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