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acciuffare
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Italian
Etymology
Deverbal of ciuffo (“herbs, foliage”), with the original meaning of 'collecting herbs'.
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acciuffàre (first-person singular present acciùffo, first-person singular past historic acciuffài, past participle acciuffàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to grab by the hair
- (transitive, by extension) to catch, to seize (a fugitive, an escapee, etc.)
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