fence vs squad

fence

verb
  • To defend or guard. 

  • To enclose, contain or separate by building fence. 

  • To engage in the sport of fencing. 

  • To engage in the selling or buying of stolen goods. 

  • To jump over a fence. 

  • To conceal the truth by giving equivocal answers; to hedge; to be evasive. 

noun
  • A memory barrier. 

  • Skill in oral debate. 

  • Someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods, a criminal middleman for transactions of stolen goods. 

  • A thin artificial barrier that separates two pieces of land or forms a perimeter enclosing the lands of a house, building, etc. 

  • A guard or guide on machinery. 

  • The place whence such a middleman operates. 

  • A barrier, for example an emotional barrier. 

squad

verb
  • To act as part of, or on behalf of, a squad. 

noun
  • Sloppy mud. 

  • One's friend group, taken collectively; one's peeps. 

  • A unit of tactical military personnel, or of police officers, usually of about ten members. 

  • A group of potential players from whom a starting team and substitutes are chosen. 

  • A collective noun for a group of squid. 

How often have the words fence and squad occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )