Glossary entry

Arabic term or phrase:

أكل

English translation:

usurp

Added to glossary by Ziena
Jan 26, 2005 03:07
19 yrs ago
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Arabic term

أكل

Arabic to English Other History
أكل الحقوق

تجاهر الناس بالظلم والتغالب ولم تكفهم المواعظ التي تزجرهم عن اكل الحقوق
Proposed translations (English)
5 +8 usurp
4 appropriate (verb)

Proposed translations

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Arabic term (edited): ���
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usurp

To usurp the rights of others, i.e. to take possession without a legal claim.
Peer comment(s):

agree Yasser El Helw : Nice choice of word. "Usurp the rights of others".
56 mins
agree AhmedAMS
3 hrs
agree Aisha Maniar : especially if you're looking for something fairly literal
4 hrs
agree YASiN DEMiRKIRAN
6 hrs
agree A Nabil Bouitieh
7 hrs
agree Mueen Issa
9 hrs
agree Saleh Ayyub
14 hrs
agree Mohamed Gaafar
4 days
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Arabic term (edited): ���

appropriate (verb)

another possibility.
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