withheld

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The truth is being withheld from the American public on a daily basis.

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  1. transitive verb To keep in check; restrain.
  2. transitive verb To refrain from giving, granting, or permitting. See Synonyms at keep.
  3. transitive verb To deduct (withholding tax) from an employee's salary.

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  • Subtract the following sums to calculate Obligor's \ "disposable earnings\": (1) any amounts required by law to be withheld, that is, federal income tax and federal FICA or OASI tax —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • I have no guilt over being sexual with men or wimmin. him: sucking a cock isn't that bad is it maybe anal is she's trying to convince me that he could fit that in me me: Oh (name withheld), I could tell you wonderful things about it, but really, if deprivation titillates you as much as it obviously does, nothing I say will make much of a difference. —  feminist blogs
  • Bye for now, (name withheld). him: bye if what you're reading here grips you, holds you, fascinates you, provokes you, emboldens you, pushes you, galvanizes you, discomfits you, tickles you, enrages you so much that you find yourself returning again and again ... then link me. —  feminist blogs
  • One of the Councilors who were part of the delegation on tour (name withheld) revealed to CHRA that Council discovered that the Firle Water Works has not been operational since 2005 when ZINWA took over the management of the water services in Harare. —  SWRadioAfrica Podcast
  • They ultimately concluded that even if AIG's bonuses were withheld, the company would probably be sued successfully by its employees and be forced to pay them, the officials said. —  QandO
 

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