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v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of protract.

"After the first 11 interviews with my brother Police Officer and Detective Howard Wooldridge of Lansing, Michigan (retired) concerning the “War on Drugs”, more and more Americans understand the underpinnings of how the U.S. government protracts a national taxpayer fraud."

protracted    protracting    protracts   

lengthen   

protracted meeting   

temporise    spin out    extend    spin    temporize   

delay    defer    plot    extend    prolong   

abstract    act    attacked    attract    backed