See LARP on Wiktionary
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "to pretend to be something or act as something",
"word": "lajva"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"lang_code": "tr",
"sense": "to pretend to be something or act as something",
"word": "larpmak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"lang_code": "tr",
"sense": "to pretend to be something or act as something",
"word": "larplamak"
}
],
"word": "LARP"
}
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"called_from": "wiktionary/179/20240425",
"msg": "LARP/English/verb: 'word' is missing and should be a non-empty string: {\"code\": \"ar\", \"lang\": \"Arabic\", \"lang_code\": \"ar\", \"note\": \"تَقَمَّصَ دَوْرًا مَا (taqammaṣa dawran mā, literally “to assume some role”)\", \"sense\": \"to engage in live-action role-play\"}",
"path": [],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "verb",
"title": "LARP",
"trace": ""
}
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