Stake
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Stake may refer to:
- "Stake", a piece of wood or other material, pointed at one end so as to be easily driven into the ground as a support, such as:
- @stake, a computer services company
- Equity stake, a share or interest in a business or investment
- Stake (Latter Day Saints)
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Military
- Sudis (stake), a fortification carried by Roman legionaries
- Archer's stake, a defensive stake carried by medieval longbowmen
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Entertainment
- "Stake", The amount or items being wagered in gambling, as in:
- Poker staking
- Stakes race, a type of horse race
- Stake: Fortune Fighters, a 2003 video game
- The Stake, a 1915 silent film
- "The Stake", a 1977 song by The Steve Miller Band from Book of Dreams
- "Pusta"
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Method of torture or execution
- Burned at the stake, a method of execution
- "Stake", a pole used to pierce the body in the process of impalement, a method of torture and execution
- "To stake", a method thought to destroy vampires
- Torture stake, a method of execution similar to crucifixion, tying the victim to a pole in lieu of a cross
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