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In the sentence "Sci-Hub pits US law against morality", "pits" means to put things in a fight against each other (ostensibly, a fight inside of a pit). He's say
by AgentME 9y ago
In the sentence "Sci-Hub pits US law against morality", "pits" means to put things in a fight against each other (ostensibly, a fight inside of a pit). He's saying that the situation shows that the US law is not on the side of morality in this specific spot at least.