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FRACAS

a noisy quarrel : brawl

The meaning of the word fracas is a noisy quarrel : brawl.

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stupora condition of greatly dulled or completely suspended sense or sensibility
piebaldcomposed of incongruous parts
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embezzlementto appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use
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