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das/der Hickhack (no pl.)
   (useless) bickering, squabbling, wrangling; pissing contest

Google gibt Street View in Deutschland nach Hickhack auf‎.
Google drops Street View in Germany after [legal] wrangling.
Von der Linken wird nichts als innerer Hickhack öffentlich wahrgenommen.
The public sees nothing but internal bickering by the Left Party.
Energiepreise: Was das Atom-Hickhack Stromkunden kostet.
Energy costs: What the squabbling over nuke plants will cost [German] power customers.
Das wochenlange Hickhack um den Posten des mittelfränkischen Polizeichefs ist vorbei.
The weeks-long wrangling over the appointment of the Central Franconian police chief is over.

Related:
die Auseinandersetzung clash, disagreement; debate, discussion
das Gezänk bickering
der Streit argument, squabble
die Streiterei arguing, squabbling
der Zank squabble

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