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sting
Operation designed to catch a person committing a criminal act
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noun
Operation designed to catch a person committing a criminal act
“The police conducted a sting operation”
noun
A swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
noun
A painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin
noun
A mental pain or distress
“A pang of conscience”
noun
A kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung
“The sting of death”
verb
Saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous
“They stuck me with the dinner bill”
verb
Deliver a sting to
“A bee stung my arm yesterday”
verb
Cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging
“His remark stung her”
verb
Cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort
“The sun burned his face”
verb
Cause a stinging pain
“The needle pricked his skin”
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The police conducted a sting operation
A pang of conscience
The sting of death
He felt the stinging of nettles
They stuck me with the dinner bill
I was stung with a huge tax bill
A bee stung my arm yesterday
His remark stung her
The sun burned his face
The needle pricked his skin
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