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 v.— «“Run me your wallet,” the victim, identified as Andy Orellana, was told, street parlance for hand it over, an investigator said.» —“Man Who Fled Bias Attack Is Arrested in Robbery” by Robert D. Mcfadden, William K. Rashbaum in New York City New York Times July 12, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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