verduistering

Definitions of verduistering
  1. noun
    changing to a darker color
  2. noun
    one celestial body obscures another
    synonyms: eclips, immersie
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    types:
    zoneclips, zonsverduistering
    the moon interrupts light from the sun
    maaneclips, maansverduistering
    the earth interrupts light shining on the moon
    type of:
    interruptie, onderbreking
    some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity
  3. noun
    wrongful borrowing
    synonyms: malversatie
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    type of:
    bastaardwoord, leenwoord, ontlening, overname
    the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source
  4. noun
    the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else
    synonyms: malversatie
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    type of:
    diefstal, dieverij, ontvreemding
    the act of taking something from someone unlawfully
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