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panyar (iou)



panyar verb trans. arch. Infl. -rr-. E18.
[Portuguese penhorar seize as a pledge or security from Latin pignorare, -erare pledge, (in medieval Latin) take in pledge, plunder, invade.]
In W. Africa: seize as a guarantee or security; euphem. seize as plunder, steal, esp. kidnap as a slave.