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بِزِّيزَى

Root: بز

Full Definition

بِزِّيزَى a subst. from بَزَّ in the first of the senses explained above; The act of taking away; or spoliation; or the act of seizing, or carrying away, by force: the act of taking, or obtaining, by superior power or force. It is said in a trad., ثُمَّ يَكُونُ بِزِّيزَى وَ أَخْذَ أَمْوَالٍ بِغَيْرِ حَقٍّ Then it shall be by spoliation, and the taking of possessions without right: or, as some relate this trad., ; but accord. to Az, this is naught. You say also, رَجَعَتِ الخلَافَةُ بِزِّيزَى [The office of Khaleefeh became reduced to be a thing taken by superior power or force]; was not taken by desert.

def.2 See also بَزٌّ, latter part.
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