Marooning
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marooning-257-10236989
title:
Marooning
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Marooning is the intentional act of abandoning someone in an uninhabited area, such as a desert island, or more generally to be marooned is to be in a place from which one cannot escape. The word is attested in 1699, and is derived from the term maroon, a word for a fugitive slave, which could be a corruption of Spanish cimarrón, meaning a household animal who has "run wild". Cimarrón in turn may be derived from the Taino word símaran (“wild”), from símara (“arrow”). The practice was a penalty f
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Intentional act of abandoning a sailor
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marooning
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2024-03-13T04:19:30Z
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