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"word": "verhören"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "insult, tease, make fun of, badger",
"word": "haukkua"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "insult, tease, make fun of, badger",
"word": "häiritä"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "insult, tease, make fun of, badger",
"word": "beleidigen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "insult, tease, make fun of, badger",
"word": "beschimpfen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "insult, tease, make fun of, badger",
"word": "verspotten"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "insult, tease, make fun of, badger",
"word": "spötteln"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "insult, tease, make fun of, badger",
"word": "verhöhnen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "insult, tease, make fun of, badger",
"word": "belästigen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "insult, tease, make fun of, badger",
"word": "bedrängen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "insult, tease, make fun of, badger",
"word": "plagen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "insult, tease, make fun of, badger",
"word": "quälen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "insult, tease, make fun of, badger",
"word": "heimsuchen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "insult, tease, make fun of, badger",
"word": "necken"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "insult, tease, make fun of, badger",
"word": "stören"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "insult, tease, make fun of, badger",
"word": "convīcior"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "insult, tease, make fun of, badger",
"word": "häckla"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "insult, tease, make fun of, badger",
"word": "pika"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "insult, tease, make fun of, badger",
"word": "håna"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "insult, tease, make fun of, badger",
"word": "skymfa"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "insult, tease, make fun of, badger",
"word": "förolämpa"
}
],
"word": "heckle"
}
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