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whānako

1. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to cheat, steal, rob, embezzle, misappropriate.

Ka whakaatu mai te Haihana-Meiha tuatahi ki a au i te hingareti i whānakohia e te Ārapi (HP 1991:188). / The senior Sergent-Major showed me the singlet stolen by the Arab.

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See also whēnako, tāhae


2. (modifier) cheating, stealing, robbing, embezzling, dishonest.

Ko te take i mate ai ō mātau puku, ko waho o ngā tini i pania ki tētahi hinu mō ngā tāngata whānako pēnei i a mātau nei (HP 1991:123). / The reason that we had a stomach complaint was that the outside of the tins had been smeared with an oil to combat dishonest people like us.

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3. (noun) thief, cheat, robber, crook, theft, thieving, robbery, dispossession.

He aha i kore ai e hopukia katoatia aua whānako? He aha i mau ai ko ngā tokorua anake? (TWMNT 16/10/1878:69). / Why weren't all those thieves caught? Why were only two caught?

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