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verprellen (v.t.)
   to alienate, put off

Obama will seine jüdischen Wähler nicht verprellen.
Obama doesn't want to alienate his Jewish voters.
Nokia schafft es wieder, Kunden zu verprellen
Nokia manages once again to alienate customers.
Ich möchte niemanden verprellen oder vor die Tür schicken, deshalb die Lösung mit der Abtrennung.
I'd rather not alienate anyone or send them out the door. Thus the solution with separation [of smokers and non-smokers].

Related:
prellen to bash, bounce; cheat (um, out of)
die Prellung bruise
abschrecken scare off

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