voodoo

  1. Noun.  A religion of the Ewe/Fon of West Africa, practiced chiefly in Benin.
  2. Noun.  Any of a group of related religious practices found chiefly in and around the Caribbean, particularly in Haiti and Louisiana.
  3. Noun.  (pejorative) Any sort of magical or irrational approach to a problem.
  4. Verb.  To enchant someone or something using voodoo.

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