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property - Devil's Dictionary definition

n. Any material thing, having no particular value, that may be held by A against the cupidity of B. Whatever gratifies the passion for possession in one and disappoints it in all others. The object of man's brief rapacity and long indifference.

property - Vulgar Dictionary definition

To make a property of any one; to make him a conveniency, tool, or cat's paw; to use him as one's own.