compassing

compassing (k[schwa]m-p[schwa]-sing). Hist. The act of contriving or plotting, esp. of something un-derhanded. • The Treason Act of 1351 criminalized the act of compassing the sovereign’s death. — Also termed imagining.

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资深译员Fang，毕业于美国一流的高级翻译学院，专注翻译各种与主权及机构投资有关的法律文件。