1. In place of the parents
   "we had to punish this child in loco parentis"

Encyclopedia: In loco parentis

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• whalebone whale
• whaler
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• whaling gun
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• wham
• whammy
• whanau
• whang
• whangdoodle
• whap
• wharf
• wharf rat
• wharfage
• wharfie
• wharfinger
• Wharton
• what
• what for
• what is more
• what's
• whatchamacallit
• whatchamacallum