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  2. Glossary of Mafia-related words - Wikipedia

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    goomar or goomah: Americanized form of comare, a Mafia mistress. goombah: an associate, especially a senior member of a criminal gang. heavy: packed, carrying a weapon. hit: to murder; also see whack. initiation or induction: becoming a made man. juice: the interest paid to a loan shark for the loan; also see vig.

  3. Activities of daily living - Wikipedia

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    Activities of daily living (ADLs) is a term used in healthcare to refer to an individual's daily self-care activities. Health professionals often use a person's ability or inability to perform ADLs as a measure of their functional status. The concept of ADLs was originally proposed in the 1950s by Sidney Katz and his team at the Benjamin Rose ...

  4. Encouraging or assisting a crime in English law - Wikipedia

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    The offences of encouraging or assisting crime under the Serious Crime Act 2007 are inchoate offences. [3] In each case, the actus reus requirement is that the defendant carry out an act capable of "encouraging or assisting" the commission of another offence. An offence is committed under section 44, if this is done with intent to do the same ...

  5. Accessory (legal term) - Wikipedia

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    23. (1) An accessory after the fact to an offence is one who, knowing that a person has been a party to the offence, receives, comforts or assists that person for the purpose of enabling that person to escape. For these purposes, abetting means "to encourage or set on" and an abettor is "an instigator or setter on, one who promotes or procures ...

  6. Dental assistant - Wikipedia

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    Dental assistants play a crucial role in maintaining high levels of infection control in the oral health care setting. [7] The dental assistant is the major link between oral health care workers and the patient. [citation needed] To perform infection control responsibilities well, the dental assistant must have the appropriate education ...

  7. Personal assistant - Wikipedia

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    An assistant helps with time and daily management, of meetings, correspondence, and note-taking. The role of a personal assistant can be varied, such as answering phone calls, taking notes, scheduling meetings, emailing, texts, etc. In business or personal contexts, assistants are people who provide services that relieve his or her employer ...

  8. List of slang names for cannabis - Wikipedia

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    Most slang names for marijuana and hashish date to the jazz era, when it was called gauge, jive, reefer. Weed is a commonly used slang term for drug cannabis.New slang names, like trees, came into use early in the twenty-first century.

  9. The Mandela effect: 10 examples that explain what it is and ...

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    In other words, you have a distinct memory of something, like Mickey Mouse without a tail, but it turns out to be a false memory. (He does have a tail — after all, he's a mouse!) (He does have a ...