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aufrütteln (v.t.)  shake up, rouse (to action)

Ich weiß, dass ich viele Menschen nicht nur gekränkt, sondern auch verletzt habe. Das war überhaupt nicht meine Absicht. Dafür entschuldige ich mich ausdrücklich. Ich wollte aufrütteln.
I know that I not only upset many people but also offended them. That was not my intention. For that I offer my express apologies. I (just) wanted to shake things up.
(German politician Jörg Schönbohm regarding remarks he made about how East Germans seemed slow to react to a series of child murders.)

Related: die Aufrütt(e)lung rousing, shaking up

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