robbing Peter to pay Paul
noun
Roget 30:
compensation,
equation;
commutation;
indemnification;
compromise;
etc.
774
neutralization,
nullification;
counteraction
etc.
179;
reaction;
measure for measure,
retaliation,
etc.
718
equalization;
etc.
27;
robbing Peter to pay Paul.
set-off,
offset;
make-weight,
casting-weight;
counterpoise,
ballast;
indemnity,
equivalent,
quid pro quo;
bribe,
hush money;
amends
etc.
(atonement)
952;
counterbalance,
counterclaim;
cross-debt,
cross-demand.
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Roget 923:
wrong;
what ought not to be,
what should not be;
malum in se [Lat.];
unreasonableness,
grievance;
shame.
injustice;
tort [Law];
unfairness
etc.
adj.;
iniquity,
foul play.
partiality,
leaning,
bias;
favor,
favoritism;
nepotism,
party spirit,
partisanship;
bigotry.
undueness
etc.
925;
wrongdoing
(vice)
945;
unlawfulness
etc.
964.
robbing Peter to pay Paul
etc.
v.;
the wolf and the lamb;
vice
etc.
945.
a custom more honored in the breach than the a custom more honored in the breach than the observance"
[Hamlet].
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