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dinghy

noun as in boat

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What followed was a three month journey through Ethiopia, Sudan and Libya, before eventually arriving in Italy on an overcrowded dinghy.

From BBC

They are seen boarding a dinghy and motoring away into the darkness of the Caribbean Sea, headed for their luxury yacht, anchored in the next bay.

From BBC

Ten of them are being deployed by a newly branded War Department to Puerto Rico to combat drug traffickers in dinghies.

Ministers are waiting for the French to stop dinghies leaving the shore and a separate German commitment to change its law so it can seize boats being warehoused there.

From BBC

Meanwhile, a so-called mega dinghy capable of holding more than 100 people was reportedly sighted in the Channel this week, amid concerns that people smugglers could be using larger boats to illegally transport people.

From BBC

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

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