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drab

“drab” is a Danish word. Its meaning in English:

noun

  1. homicide

Etymology

From Old Norse dráp (“killing”), from Old Norse drepa (“to hit; to kill”), from Proto-Germanic *drepaną, from Proto-Indo-European *dhrebh-. Compare Icelandic dráp, Swedish dråp.

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