panyar

English

Etymology

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Verb

panyar (third-person singular simple present panyars, present participle panyarring, simple past and past participle panyarred)

1. (historical, transitive) To seize and hold (a person) until the repayment of a debt or resolution of a dispute, common along the Atlantic coast of Africa in the 18th and 19th centuries.