German-English translation for "erschleichen"

"erschleichen" English translation

erschleichen
transitives Verb | transitive verb v/t <irregulär, unregelmäßig | irregularirr, kein ge-; h>

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to curry favour with sb to obtain surreptitiously ...
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  • (sichDativ | dative (case) dat)etwas | something etwas erschleichen besonders Rechtswesen | legal term, lawJUR
    to obtain (oder | orod get)etwas | something sth surreptitiously (oder | orod by false pretences britisches Englisch | British EnglishBr [pretenses amerikanisches Englisch | American EnglishUS])
    to obtain (oder | orod get)etwas | something sth in an underhand way (oder | orod by trickery)
    (sichDativ | dative (case) dat)etwas | something etwas erschleichen besonders Rechtswesen | legal term, lawJUR
examples
  • sich (Dativ | dative (case)dat) jemandes Gunst erschleichen
    to curry favo(u)r withjemand | somebody sb
    sich (Dativ | dative (case)dat) jemandes Gunst erschleichen
I might buy some more time.
ich erschleiche mir vielleicht etwas mehr Zeit.
Source: TED
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