1. (mild rebuke, interj.) "be more generous" or "he must need whatever it is he stole from you ... give him a break." 2. (verb) To make a gift of something someone stole, so that (legally) they have not stolen it; 3. to refuse to bring charges for theft, or to drop charges already filed so as to free the thief of the consequences of his or her actions. 4. (noun) the object or item you give the thief so as to free him or her from the consequences of his or her theft (especially it the item is a part or piece of the thing originally stolen. (From Les Miserable: the reference is to Bishop Myriel "Bienvenu" giving Jean Valjean his silver candlesticks after Valjean has stolen the rest of the Bishop's silver plate, thereby turning the theft into a gift (the Bishop tells Valjean that by so doing, he [the Bishop] has purchased his [Valjean's] soul from evil and given it to God.)
Примеры использования:
"My brother and little sister ate almost all my Oreos!" "Candlesticks, man: give 'em the rest, too ... and then explain to them about taking other people's stuff."
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