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dreist (adj)  bold, audacious

Dreiste Handwerker haben einer 84 Jahre alten Frau statt der vereinbarten 25 Euro gleich 8300 Euro für Reparaturen in Rechnung gestellt.
Audacious workmen presented a repair bill to an 84-year-old woman for 8300 euros instead of the agreed-on 25 euros.

Related: die Dreistigkeit boldness, audacity

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