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asport

(əˈspɔːt)
n
1. the phenomena of the vanishing or removal of objects (by a spirit) and the subsequent reappearance in another location
2. an object that a spirit moves or causes to vanish and which subsequently reappears in another location
vb (tr)
to remove or take (something) away in a criminal manner
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