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hoard

2 verb
     
hoard2 also hoard up [transitive]
to collect and save large amounts of food, money etc, especially when it is not necessary to do so:
families who hoarded food during the strike
—hoarder noun [countable]
I'm a hoarder when it comes to clothes.
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