fence vs reset

fence

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

  • To enclose, contain or separate by building fence. 

  • To engage in the sport of fencing. 

  • To jump over a fence. 

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

  • To defend or guard. 

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. 

reset

verb
  • To receive and hide (stolen goods, or a criminal, etc.) 

  • To set to zero. 

  • To set back to the initial state. 

  • To adjust; to set or position differently. 

noun
  • The act of setting to zero. 

  • That which is reset; printed matter set up again. 

  • Something that is reset. 

  • The act of resetting to the initial state. 

  • A device, such as a button or switch, for resetting something. 

  • The crime of knowingly and dishonestly receiving stolen goods, or harbouring an outlaw. 

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