In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
BELEAP
Etymology
Verb
beleap (third-person singular simple present beleaps, present participle beleaping, simple past and past participle beleaped or beleapt)
(ambitransitive, UK dialectal) To leap upon; cover.
Source: Wiktionary
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RECREANT
(adjective) having deserted a cause or principle; “some provinces had proved recreant”; “renegade supporters of the usurper”
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