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infang

infang

English

Verb

infang ‎(third-person singular simple present infangs, present participle infanging, simple past and past participle infanged)

  1. (transitive, Britain dialectal, Scotland) To draw or take in.
  2. (transitive, dialectal or obsolete, Scotland) To cheat; gull; take in.
  3. (transitive, dialectal or obsolete, Scotland) To seize; get into one's clutches.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Shortened from infangthief.

Noun

infang ‎(plural infangs)

  1. Alternative form of infangthief

Etymology

From in- +‎ fang. Compare Old English onfōn (past participle onfangen; "to take, receive, perceive, comprehend, accept, take to one’s self, sponsor, harbor, favor unrighteously, take hold of, undertake, undergo, begin, conceive").

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