overlap (like roof shingles or fish scales) v.t.: imbricate
There is almost no English surname, however ancient and dignified, that cannot be instantly improved by the prefix “Spanker.” So deeply is the habit and culture of corporal punishment imbricated with the national psyche that whole shelves of specialist literature . . . are regularly devoted to the subject. (Christopher Hitchens, Minority Report: Johnson & Johnson, Nation, 6/29/1998, p. 8.)
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