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geardaddy

(24,926 posts)
Wed Sep 27, 2017, 03:17 PM Sep 2017

Betrump - To swindle or to deceive, to cheat somebody.

Yes, it's a real word!
U.K. Researchers Look To Revive Forgotten English Words

Researchers at University of York in the United Kingdom have uncovered 30 words they think need to be used more regularly in the English language, including nickum — a cheating, dishonest person. Lead linguist Dominic Watt runs through the list.

http://www.npr.org/2017/09/26/553799173/u-k-researchers-look-to-revive-forgotten-english-words
SIEGEL: And then there's this old word.

WATT: Betrump.

SIEGEL: Betrump - it's a verb.

WATT: To swindle or to deceive, to cheat somebody.

CHANG: And while it sounds like something a critic of the president might have coined on Twitter, Dominic Watt says betrump actually dates back to the 16th century, found in a Scottish translation of Virgil's epic poem "The Aeneid."
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Betrump - To swindle or to deceive, to cheat somebody. (Original Post) geardaddy Sep 2017 OP
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SummerSnow

(12,608 posts)
1. Traumatic Trump Injury (TTI)
Wed Sep 27, 2017, 03:32 PM
Sep 2017

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