schröpfen

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃʀœpfn̩]
• Hyphenation: schröp‧fen

Verb

1. (medicine, transitive) to bleed, to cup
2. (figuratively, transitive) to bleed, to fleece, to milk (To take large amounts of money often by using tricks.)
   • 1903, Elisabeth von Heyking, Briefe, die ihn nicht erreichten, Verlag von Gebrüder Paetel, page 122:

     Nirgends wie in China hat jeder einzelne so viel Feinde, d. h. Leute, die auf ihn drücken, die etwas Schlimmes, das sie über ihn wissen, ausnutzen, um ihn zu schröpfen.

     Nowhere like in China, every single person has as many enemies, that is people, who press on him, who exploit something bad they know about him for fleecing him.

Derived terms

• Schröpfer
• Schröpfkopf
• Schröpfung

Further reading

• “schröpfen” in Duden online