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erschleichen

From LSJ

κρειττότερον ἐστὶν εἰδέναι ἐν μέσῃ τῇ Πόλει φακιόλιον βασιλεῦον Τούρκου, ἢ καλύπτραν λατινικήν → I would rather see a Turkish turban in the midst of the City than the Latin mitre

Source

German > Latin

erschleichen, obrepere ad alqd (z.B. ad honorem). – furari alqd (diebischerweise erwerben, z.B. das Bürgerrecht, civitatem). – jmds. Gunst e., in alcis gratiam se insinuare: jmds. Gunst zu e. suchen. alcis gratiam aucupari (z.B. assentatiunculā quādam): von jmd. (den Befehl) e., daß er etc., inducere alqm, ut etc.