écoper
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Meanings
Verb
1. to bail out (transitive, nautical)
2. to get, to be on the receiving end of (intransitive, colloquial)
Examples5
They got the short end of the stick.
My friend ended up taking the rap for a crime he didn't commit.
Corrupt judges and politicians should be given the maximum sentence.
I fell down really hard and got a black bruise on my knee.
Tom was fined for speeding.