spirit away
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Agents intercepted text messages in which Facey and Sanchez talked about using a private plane to spirit away an underling who had narrowly avoided arrest in Anchorage, prosecutors wrote in the bail motion.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2025
Later on the day it appeared, refuse collectors arrived to spirit away the fridge-freezer.
From BBC ● Apr. 5, 2025
The ordeal has drawn in the U.S. departments of Defense, Justice and State, which have argued that the attempt to spirit away a citizen of another country could significantly harm military and foreign relations.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 19, 2022
“If you managed to spirit away or destroy the cards, you could keep someone from getting drafted since there was no backup system,” he said.
From Washington Post ● May 22, 2019
Xenocrates assumed this would be a simple scrape-and-soar maneuver—and indeed, an ambudrone had already landed on the street ready to spirit away what was left of Citra.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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