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"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to surround or besiege",
"word": "timpeallaigh"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to surround or besiege",
"word": "rodear"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to surround or besiege",
"word": "cercar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obojtí",
"sense": "to surround or besiege",
"word": "обойти́"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to surround or besiege",
"word": "rodear"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to surround or besiege",
"word": "bordear"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to surround or besiege",
"word": "circunvalar"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nadhitrjavam",
"sense": "to outwit",
"word": "надхитрявам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izigravam",
"sense": "to outwit",
"word": "изигравам"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to outwit",
"word": "burlar (no en el sentit de mofar)"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to outwit",
"word": "circonvenir"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "moṭq̇ueba",
"sense": "to outwit",
"word": "მოტყუება"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to outwit",
"word": "ausmanövrieren"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obojtí",
"sense": "to outwit",
"word": "обойти́"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to outwit",
"word": "circunvenir"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "perexytryty",
"sense": "to outwit",
"word": "перехитрити"
},
{
"alt": "закон",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"sense": "to outwit",
"word": "обійти"
}
],
"word": "circumvent"
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/2028",
"msg": "more than one value in \"alt\": obijty (zakon) vs. закон",
"path": [
"circumvent"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "verb",
"title": "circumvent",
"trace": ""
}
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