functioned

Or they might simply have functioned as a convenient plot device on a long-running TV show.

“The scheme essentially functioned like Robin Hood in reverse,” U.S.

“The scheme essentially functioned like Robin Hood in reverse.”

It sounds like it also functioned as a real talk show in that actually you went and found real people that had a story or drama going on?

Watts had always functioned as a second home for Shy, and at some point he moved there permanently.