Definition of "muta" [muta]

• Alternative form of mootah. (noun)

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• "The scope for misuse is profound and equal in scale to the fixed-term muta marriages that are a cover for prostitution."
• "Thus, sure of being a senator, I dare say you do not propose to be one of the pedarii senatores, et pedibus ire in sententiam; for, as the House of Commons is the theatre where you must make your fortune and figure in the world, you must resolve to be an actor, and not a persona muta, which is just equivalent to a candle snuffer upon other theatres."
• "It was a come-on; the women identified the men as foreigners, and knew it was unlikely that the men would call the muta’awa, the religious police."