|
|
plagiarise |
Verb
|
take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech |
|
|
pull up stakes |
Verb
|
remove oneself from an association with or participation in |
|
|
pay for |
Verb
|
have as a guest |
|
|
plastinate |
Verb
|
preserve organic materials with plastics, as for teaching and research purposes |
|
|
pay cash |
Verb
|
pay (for something) with cash |
|
|
pauperize |
Verb
|
reduce to beggary |
|
|
pauperise |
Verb
|
reduce to beggary |
|
|
peculate |
Verb
|
appropriate fraudulently to one's own use, as property entrusted to one's care |
|
|
portion out |
Verb
|
give out as one's portion or share |
|
|
parcel out |
Verb
|
administer or bestow, as in small portions |
|
|
purvey |
Verb
|
supply with provisions |
|
|
play it by ear |
Verb
|
decide on one's actions as one goes along, depending on the situation |
|
|
partake in |
Verb
|
have, give, or receive a share of |
|
|
partake in |
Verb
|
be active in |
|
|
pay out |
Verb
|
expend, as from a fund |
|
|
prosecute |
Verb
|
carry out or participate in an activity |
|
|
prosecute |
Verb
|
bring a criminal action against (in a trial) |
|
|
prosecute |
Verb
|
conduct a prosecution in a court of law |
|
|
prosper |
Verb
|
make steady progress |
|
|
politick |
Verb
|
engage in political activities |
|
|
peddle |
Verb
|
sell or offer for sale from place to place |
|
|
part with |
Verb
|
give up what is not strictly needed |
|
|
pilfer |
Verb
|
make off with belongings of others |
|
|
purloin |
Verb
|
make off with belongings of others |
|
|
preclude |
Verb
|
keep from happening or arising |
|
|
preclude |
Verb
|
make impossible, especially beforehand |
|
|
plump for |
Verb
|
be behind |
|
|
plunk for |
Verb
|
be behind |
|
|
put to death |
Verb
|
kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment |
|
|
prorogue |
Verb
|
adjourn by royal prerogative |
|
|
prorogue |
Verb
|
hold back to a later time |
|
|
pair off |
Verb
|
form a pair or pairs |
|
|
partner off |
Verb
|
form a pair or pairs |
|
|
put behind bars |
Verb
|
lock up or confine, in or as in a jail |
|
|
put to work |
Verb
|
cause to work |
|
|
preside |
Verb
|
act as president |
|
|
pull one's weight |
Verb
|
do one's share in a common task |
|
|
peg away |
Verb
|
work doggedly or persistently |
|
|
play around |
Verb
|
work with in an amateurish manner |
|
|
play around |
Verb
|
commit adultery |
|
|
prevent |
Verb
|
stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state |
|
|
prevent |
Verb
|
keep from happening or arising |
|
|
play a joke on |
Verb
|
deceive somebody |
|
|
play a joke on |
Verb
|
subject to a playful hoax or joke |
|
|
pull strings |
Verb
|
influence or control shrewdly or deviously |
|
|
pull wires |
Verb
|
influence or control shrewdly or deviously |
|
|
play tricks |
Verb
|
deceive somebody |
|
|
pull a fast one on |
Verb
|
deceive somebody |
|
|
play a trick on |
Verb
|
deceive somebody |
|
|
pull someone's leg |
Verb
|
subject to a playful hoax or joke |