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hoist
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hoist noun burglary, felonious taking, fraudulent taking, larceny, misappropriation, pilferage, pilfering, robbery, stealing, swindling, theft, thievery, wrongful taking
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The Pakistan Club also marked the occasion with chairman Iftikhar Ahmed Lone hoisting the flag.
The significance of hoisting the flag is that the public should know that the Urs of Gharib Nawab is about to arrive," said Fakruddin Gori, standard-bearer of Ajmer Urs flag from Bhilwara.
Uganda then took the unilateral step of landing security forces, hoisting the flag and demanding taxes from the 500 or so inhabitants.
 
 
 
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