Give a "lift" is a cheating in a race. However, the kids really want the prize, and then "lift" became a way out.

Ahmad, Mumun, Giman, Jenni, and Winda were scheduled to clean the school clinic and library. The teacher couldn't supervise them because he had something else to attend to. While the other students were busy playing, Ahmad was engrossed in reading a book titled Pirates of the Malacca Strait. After a while, his friends became interested and asked Ahmad to read the story out loud. They all became deeply absorbed in the tale—until they came across a word that made them afraid. What was that word?