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consignment

noun as in entrusting, handing over

noun as in something entrusted to another's care

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Forensics teams found Burton's fingerprints and DNA on both drug consignments, and the adapted fuel tank.

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The UN denies his allegations, arguing that its consignments are bar-coded and traceable.

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"It is quite clear that you were tasked with ensuring the safety of the consignment and its onward transmission," the judge said.

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Only one consignment arrived with false documents in 2022, it added, and that all dogs brought in before and since had had fully legitimate paperwork.

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The rice dispute involved a consignment of around four or five tonnes - which he had tested as he was worried about its safety and then ordered that it be destroyed.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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