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find
   1. to steal
   The pretence is as old as stealing, as in the obsolete Scottish phrase find a thing where the Highlander found the tongs, 'Spoken when boys have pick'd something and pretend they found it'. (Kelly, 1721 — to Lowlanders the Highlander was an inveterate thief).
   A 19th-century finder was a thief:
    The 'finders' and 'stealers' of dogs were the most especial subject of a parliamentary enquiry. (Mayhew, 1851)
   2. to fabricate (evidence)
   The language of the Nixon White House:
    There was no prior evidence of such a relationship between Rutherford and Anderson, and Stewart refused to try to 'find' one. (Colodny and Gettlin, 1991 — Nixon was convinced that there was a homosexual relationship between the journalist and the naval Yeoman)

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  • Find — (zu deutsch finde) ist der Name eines UNIX Programm zum Auffinden von Dateien und Verzeichnissen. Das Programm durchsucht bei jeder Suchanfrage direkt das Dateisystem. find gestattet eine Verfeinerung der Suche nach zahlreichen Kriterien wie etwa …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Find — утилита поиска файлов, используемая в UNIX‐подобных операционных системах. Может производить поиск в одной или нескольких директориях с использованием критериев, заданных пользователем. По умолчанию, find возвращает все файлы после текущего в… …   Википедия

  • Find — (f[imac]nd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Found} (found); p. pr. & vb. n. {Finding}.] [AS. findan; akin to D. vinden, OS. & OHG. findan, G. finden, Dan. finde, icel. & Sw. finna, Goth. fin[thorn]an; and perh. to L. petere to seek, Gr. pi ptein to fall,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Find — est une commande UNIX permettant de chercher des fichiers dans un ou plusieurs répertoires selon des critères définis par l utilisateur. Par défaut, find retourne tous les fichiers contenus dans l arborescence du répertoire courant. find permet… …   Wikipédia en Français

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  • Find — Find, v. i. (Law) To determine an issue of fact, and to declare such a determination to a court; as, the jury find for the plaintiff. Burrill. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Find — Find, n. Anything found; a discovery of anything valuable; especially, a deposit, discovered by arch[ae]ologists, of objects of prehistoric or unknown origin. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Find Me — is a memoir written by comedian, actress, and talk show host Rosie O Donnell. It was published in 2002. The book, which reached number two on the New York Times bestseller list, is, at heart, a remembrance of O Donnell s troubled childhood. It… …   Wikipedia

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  • Find Us — Infobox Single Name = Find Us Artist = The Beatnuts featuring Akon from Album = Milk Me B side = Hot Released = August 17, 2004 Format = 12 inch single, Vinyl, CD Recorded = Genre = East Coast hip hop Length = 3:14 Label = Penalty Recordings… …   Wikipedia

  • find — I. verb (found; finding) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English findan; akin to Old High German findan to find, Latin pont , pons bridge, Greek pontos sea, Sanskrit patha way, course Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. a. to come… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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