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 v.Gloss: To steal or take without permission. Note: Long-used online and in the language of hip-hop rappers, who may accuse each other of “biting” rhymes or lyrics. «“This is the downside of being successful but relatively unknown,” said Susan Scafidi, a visiting professor at Fordham Law School and the author of the Counterfeitchic.com blog. “If you bite a well-known brand, you get caught very easily. If you bite a couple of sweet girls on the Lower East Side, how many people will notice?”» —“Simply Irresistible” by Eric Wilson New York Times May 21, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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