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• Abasement, n. A decent and customary mental attitude in the presence of wealth or power.
  Peculiarly appropriate in an employee when addressing an employer....
• LAND, n. A part of the earth's surface, considered as property.
  The theory that land is property subject to private ownership and control is the foundation of modern society, and is eminently worthy of the superstructure....
• IMPUNITY, n. Wealth. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• Labor, n.: One of the processes by which A acquires property for B.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• PLAGIARIZE, v. To take the thought or style of another writer whom one has never, never read.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• COMMERCE, n. A kind of transaction in which A plunders from B the goods of C, and for compensation B picks the pocket of D of money belonging to E.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• CONFIDANT, CONFIDANTE, n. One entrusted by A with the secrets of B, confided by _him_ to C.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...