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n. - (Islam) a rebellious jinni who leads men astray.

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  • She must have got a charm from the shaitan himself, to make herself remarked.
  • This is why I accept that scapegoat role, say, sure, OK, I'll be the shaitan.
  • I stand in its ruins and I say, I'm the shaitan they hate, those fundamentalists and conservatives.
  • To me that shaitan always represents the underdog, the hated and reviled, the ones who get the small slice of cake.
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