A sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders.
A police raid or takedown of a criminal enterprise.
The act of arresting someone for a crime, or raiding a suspected criminal operation.
A refutation of an opening, or of a previously published analysis.
A player who fails to meet expectations.
A failed enterprise; a bomb.
The downward portion of a boom and bust cycle; a recession.
A disappointment.
The breasts and upper thorax of a woman.
Without any money, broke, bankrupt.
For a headline to exceed the amount of space reserved for it.
To catch (someone) in the act of doing something wrong, socially and morally inappropriate, or illegal, especially when being done in a sneaky or secretive state.
To arrest (someone) for a crime.
To undo a trade, generally an error trade, that has already been executed.
To break in (a woman or girl), To deflower
To break.
To exceed a score of 21.
To break in (an animal).
An emphatic synonym of do or get.
To ejaculate; to eject semen.
To refute an established opening.
To lose all of one's chips.
To reduce in rank.
A covering for a person or thing; as, a caul (especially over the head)
A thin layer of tissue which is attached to or covers a mushroom.
A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense.
A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; a velum.
Anything that partially obscures a clear view.
The calyptra of mosses.
That which separates the living and the spirit world.
An obscuration of the clearness of the tones in pronunciation.
velum (A circular membrane round the cap of a medusa).
Something hung up or spread out to hide or protect the face, or hide an object from view; usually of gauze, crepe, or similar diaphanous material.
To dress in, or decorate with, a veil.
To conceal as with a veil.