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der Verschlag (Verschläge)
   compound, partitioned area; shed, shack; hutch

Bei insgesamt 60 Besuchen sei keinem der Beamten der Verschlag im Hinterhof aufgefallen.
In a total of 60 visits, not one of the officials noticed the compound in the backyard [of accused rapist and kidnapper Phillip Garrido].

Related:
die Verschlagenheit slyness, artfulness
verschlagen (adj) sly, shifty, artful
verschlagen (v.t.) to board up; take away; end up (somewhere); wallop

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