In Yiddish, a vulgar verb meaning "screw", with the connotation that the action is vigorous or rough.

The figurative meaning of "screw", to cheat or treat unfairly, is also carried by the Yiddish term yentz.

I'm not sure whether this pair of meanings passed from one language to the other, or whether it's present independently in several languages.

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