Spies were sent to test the Moriori’s mettle by violating tapu & despoiling holy sites.
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Tapu
//ˈtɑːpuː//
Synonyms for "tapu" (156 found)
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Related words (78)
Adjective(5 words)
out of boundsoutlawoutlawedpass overpornographicprecludepreclusionpreventpreventionprofaneprohibitprohibitedprohibitionprohibition partyprohibitory injunctionproscribeproscriptionrefusalrefuseregulation
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rejectrejectionrelegaterelegationrepressrepressionrepudiaterepudiationreservationrestraintrestrictedrestrictionrestrictive covenantsruderule outruled outruling outsanctionsay no toscandalousscatologicalsend to coventryshut outslangslangystatutesumptuary lawssuppresssuppressiontabooedtabuunacceptableunallowedunauthorizedunder the banunlawfulunlicensedunmentionableunpermissibleunsanctionedunsayableunspeakableuntouchableverbotenvetovetoedvolstead actzoningzoning laws
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Noun(1 words)
Adjective(2 words)
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Tapuing seeds and fields are types of the English laws for protecting out-door property; women tapued to men is matrimony; tapuing sick persons is analogous to the quarantine orders against lepers, the plague and the yellow fever.
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