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To abduct (someone) unlawfully or forcefully
“Astyages instructed his trusted henchman Harpagus to make away with the baby.”
To dishonestly take something for one's own use
“Liquor stores are looted where possible, but it appears that the serious looters do not do very much drinking, since it impairs their ability to make away with the loot.”
To kill or put to death
“Up till then, individual efforts to make away with him had been made, and all had failed.”
To dispose or get rid of
“It would be like one of them to steal somebody's change purse, take the money, then strap the purse on their dog to make away with the evidence.”
To destroy or eliminate something
“He, proceeding with more leisure, stopped to make away with the evidence of his guilt which, as Inspector Shaw had guessed, was to be found in his lodgings.”
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