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androlepsy
1. A custom whereby according to Athenian law, if a citizen were killed abroad, and his death unatoned for, three subjects of the offending country were seized as reprisals.
2. The taking by one nation of the citizens or subjects of another, in order to compel the latter to do justice to the former.
2. The taking by one nation of the citizens or subjects of another, in order to compel the latter to do justice to the former.
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andro-, andr-, -ander, -andra, -andria, -andrian, -andric, -andrism, -androus, -andries, -andry
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-lepsy, -lepsia, -lepsis, -leptic
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