In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
STAKEOUT
stakeout
(noun) surveillance of some place or some person by the police (as in anticipation of a crime)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
stakeout (plural stakeouts)
The act of watching a location and/or people, generally covertly.
Anagrams
• outskate, outtakes, takeouts, takes out
Source: Wiktionary
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