The increase in amateur stealing on the part of middle-class youth indicates a break-down in the morality of the affluent.
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Break-down
Synonyms for "break-down" (150 found)
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I am quite competent to answer all / Demands, in any such capacity— / But of the break-down of my general aims: […]
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