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berner.

to trick, to fool, to take in, to run circles around, to hoodwink

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Meaning & usage

verb/bɛʁ.ne/
  1. to trick, to fool, to take in, to run circles around, to hoodwink

    transitive
    Il s'est fait complètement berner.
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old French bren (“bran, excrement”), with metathesis (circa 1480s), having first had the meaning of "vanner le blé" or the scatological meaning of "fouiller d'excréments" present in Rabelais' writings. For semantic development, compare terms like shit talk.

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