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Schmu.

trick, cheat, fraud, corruption (in a clement tone, or else implying something small in scale)

5 characters1 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/ʃmuː/
  1. trick, cheat, fraud, corruption (in a clement tone, or else implying something small in scale)

    colloquial · masculine · no-plural · strong
    Im Baugewerbe wird viel Schmu gemacht.
  2. trick, cheat, fraud, corruption (in a clement tone, or else implying something small in scale) nonsense, horseshit (talk or ideas considered wrong or worthless)

    broadly · colloquial · masculine · no-plural · strong
Where this word comes from

Rotwelsch, perhaps from Yiddish שמועס (shmues). Compare Dutch smoes, English schmooze.

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