Cut short
Cut short verb - Make shorter as if by cutting off.
Docks
Both terms in one sentence
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Curse Cut Short: Implied when Hermione starts to (presumably) call Umbridge a bitch, but Malfoy interrupts her and docks points from Gryffindor.
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