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Short "hint"

One that hampers or hinders something or someone; Also: Any of various lines set up to reinforce or relieve ordinary running or standing rigging.

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  • Liam Neeson is Bryan Mills, a retired CIA "preventer".
  • Liam Neeson stars as Brian Mills, who was a CIA "preventer," as he calls himself.
  • We also get a taste of Mills 'skill as a "preventer" when he takes a quick job as a bodyguard for a pop-singer who is in town for a concert.
  • Mills had only recently given up his government career as what he calls a "preventer" to be near Kim, who lives with Bryan's ex-wife Lenore and her new husband.
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