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verbocken (v.t.), p.p.: verbockt
   to botch, bungle, screw up (sth)

Die Männer haben es verbockt, sagen Islands Frauen und verordnen ihrem Land einen weiblichen Weg aus der Krise.
The men have botched it, say Iceland’s women, and they’re prescribing a feminine way out of the crisis for their country.

Related Words:
bocken to refuse to move/start/function; act up
bockig (adj) stubborn; awkward
Null Bock! I don't feel like it! - I don't give a... (idiom)
verbockt (adj) headstrong, pig-headed

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