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DEGerman
schmieren[ˈʃmiːʁən]
verb
To spread a substance like butter or cream over a surface, or to secretly give money to someone to influence them.

“Wir können durch die Hintertür rein, ich habe den Wachmann geschmiert.”

We can get in through the back door, I've bribed the guard.

Also means
  1. to smear, to spread (a cream or similar substance across across a surface)
  2. to butter (bread, etc.)
  3. to grease, to oil, to lubricate
  4. to bribe
  5. to scribble, to scrawl
  6. to scrawl (deface a surface with grafitti or something similar)
  7. to smear

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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