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"tags": [
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"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
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"code": "cmn",
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"code": "cmn",
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{
"code": "cs",
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"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
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"code": "cs",
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"code": "cs",
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{
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"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
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{
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"tags": [
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"code": "gl",
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"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "conto"
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{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "trapallada"
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{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "andrómena"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "algueiro"
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{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"tags": [
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],
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{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "enguedello"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"tags": [
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],
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{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pandullada"
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{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Streich"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"tags": [
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"word": "Schwindel"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"word": "Ulk"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"word": "Ente"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "fársa",
"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"word": "φάρσα"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"word": "átverés"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"word": "beugratás"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"word": "kacsa"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"word": "tréfa"
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{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"word": "hoaks"
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{
"code": "ga",
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"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dallamullóg"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "frode"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "inganno"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"tags": [
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],
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{
"code": "ja",
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"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
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"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
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{
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"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"word": "でっち上げ"
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{
"code": "kix",
"lang": "Khiamniungan Naga",
"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"word": "yânglòupīng"
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{
"code": "kix",
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"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"word": "yāng-ō"
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{
"code": "lut",
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"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
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{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"word": "olokan"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"word": "olok-olok"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"word": "māminga"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"word": "tinihanga"
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{
"code": "no",
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"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "puss"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"tags": [
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"tags": [
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{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fraude"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"tags": [
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "embustice"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"tags": [
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],
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
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{
"code": "ru",
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"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"tags": [
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],
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"tags": [
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],
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"tags": [
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],
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"tags": [
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],
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{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
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{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"tags": [
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{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"tags": [
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],
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "engaño"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fraude"
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{
"code": "es",
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"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "es",
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],
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "filfa"
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
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{
"code": "es",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "paparrucha"
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
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],
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{
"code": "es",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
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],
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{
"code": "es",
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
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"code": "tl",
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"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
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"code": "cy",
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"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
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"sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
"word": "измамвам"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
"word": "欺騙"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "qīpiàn",
"sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
"word": "欺骗"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zuònòng",
"sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
"word": "作弄"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
"word": "戲弄"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xìnòng",
"sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
"word": "戏弄"
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{
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"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
"word": "podvést"
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
"word": "napálit"
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"sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
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{
"code": "fo",
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"word": "lumpa"
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{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
"word": "villa"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
"word": "huijata"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
"word": "duper"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
"word": "berner"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
"tags": [
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],
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},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
"word": "trapazar"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
"word": "fraudar"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
"word": "engaitar"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
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"sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
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"code": "mi",
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"sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
"word": "tinihanga"
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"code": "pl",
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{
"code": "pl",
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"perfective"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
"word": "fraudar"
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{
"code": "ro",
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"sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
"word": "păcăli"
},
{
"code": "ru",
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"sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
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},
{
"code": "ru",
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"sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
"tags": [
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{
"code": "ru",
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"sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
"word": "lura"
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{
"code": "sv",
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"sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
"word": "bedra"
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{
"code": "vi",
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"sense": "to deceive with a hoax",
"word": "lừa đảo"
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{
"code": "vi",
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"word": "chơi khăm"
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"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
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],
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"tags": [
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],
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"tags": [
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],
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{
"code": "cs",
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"tags": [
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],
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{
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"word": "huijaus"
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{
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"tags": [
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],
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{
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"tags": [
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],
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{
"code": "gl",
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"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"tags": [
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],
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{
"code": "gl",
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"tags": [
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"code": "gl",
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"code": "gl",
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"code": "gl",
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"tags": [
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"code": "gl",
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{
"code": "gl",
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],
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"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "Streich"
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{
"code": "de",
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],
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"code": "de",
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],
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"code": "de",
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"word": "Falschmeldung"
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{
"code": "de",
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"word": "Schwindel"
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"code": "de",
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{
"code": "de",
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"word": "φάρσα"
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"word": "átverés"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"word": "beugratás"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"word": "kacsa"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"word": "tréfa"
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{
"code": "id",
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"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
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"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "dallamullóg"
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{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "frode"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "inganno"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bufala"
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{
"code": "ja",
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"word": "ペテン"
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"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"word": "悪戯"
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{
"code": "ja",
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"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"word": "でっち上げ"
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{
"code": "kix",
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"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"word": "yânglòupīng"
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{
"code": "kix",
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"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
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{
"code": "lut",
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"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"word": "səxʷʔiw̓adəb"
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{
"code": "ms",
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"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"word": "olokan"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"word": "olok-olok"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"word": "māminga"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"word": "tinihanga"
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{
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],
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{
"code": "no",
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"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
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],
"word": "bedrag"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mistyfikacja"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"tags": [
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fraude"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
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],
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"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
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],
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"code": "pt",
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],
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"word": "cioară vopsită"
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ро́зыгрыш"
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "mistifikácija",
"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "мистифика́ция"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "обма́н"
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{
"code": "scn",
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"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
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"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mbrusatura"
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{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pigghiata pû culu"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "engaño"
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{
"code": "es",
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"code": "es",
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],
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
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],
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "filfa"
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{
"code": "es",
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"masculine"
],
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "paparrucha"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "paparruchada"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "trola"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "noticia falsa"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "noticia falseada"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "infundio"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "bluff"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"word": "talimangmang"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cast"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"hoax"
],
"word": "hoax"
}
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