betakeln

German

Etymology

be- + takeln. “to cheat, deceive” sense of unknown origin.

Verb

betakeln (third-person singular simple present betakelt, past tense betakelte, past participle betakelt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (nautical) to rig
  2. (Austria, colloquial) to cheat, deceive

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