1. An occurrence of something
   "it was a case of bad judgment"
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1. Look over, usually with the intention to rob
   "The men cased the housed" 
2. Enclose in, or as if in, a case
   - encase, incase

Derived forms: casing, cased, cases

Type of: adult, argument, bed linen, circumstance, close in, container, containerful, cover, covering, enclose, fact, frame of mind, framework, grammatical category, grownup, happening, housing, inclose, individual, inspect, legal proceeding, mortal, natural covering, natural event, occurrence, occurrent, person, problem, proceeding, proceedings, receptacle, shut in, somebody, someone, soul, state of mind, statement, syntactic category, type

Part of: door, doorway, grandfather clock, longcase clock, room access, threshold, type family, window

Encyclopedia: Case

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