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Old 01-23-2006, 06:02 PM
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Default A good translation for "conuquismos"?

A Dominican official used this word on me recently in connection with "forestry crimes," and I have yet to find any source that can translate it to me. Can anybody here help? Could it be connected somehow to "conuco"?
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Old 01-23-2006, 06:07 PM
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A Dominican official used this word on me recently in connection with "forestry crimes," and I have yet to find any source that can translate it to me. Can anybody here help? Could it be connected somehow to "conuco"?

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Old 01-23-2006, 06:09 PM
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