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 n.— «Some of his customers, he said, are hawasim, looters who took part in the rampant plundering of buildings, banks, Iraqi army bases and businesses after the war.» —“Baghdad Real Sizzles Amid Chaos” by Peter Y. Hong in Baghdad, Iraq  Times July 19, 2004. (: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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