Coordinate term: derealization

His code was the end justified the means with men who operated windward of the law. Since thieves followed no rules, he played the game accordingly, with a slight variation. He wrote his own rules as he went along.

The glimpse of the steamboat had for some reason filled those savages with unrestrained grief.

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