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ʻāpuka

/ ʻā.puka / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. nvt., To swindle, cheat, defraud; forgery, embezzlement; fraudulent.

  • Examples:
    • Kālā ʻāpuka, money gained through fraud or embezzlement.
    • Palapala ʻāpuka, false or forged document.

2. vi., To emerge, come into light.

  • Examples:
    • Waiʻāpuka (place name), water coming through a tunnel.

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v., To hide; to secrete; to steal.

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apuka

kikinonoun / A-PU-KA / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

1. s., Deceit; treachery.

2. A thief; e manaoia oia no he apuka, he shall be considered as having stolen. Kan. Haw.

3. Apuka, in law, is forgery.

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apuka

kikinonoun / ā-pŭ'-kă / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. n., The practices of a swindler; defrauding; swindling.

2. n., A fraudulent schemer; a cheat; a defrauder; a swindler.

3. n., One who comits forgery; a forger.

4. n., The act of falsely making or materially altering, with intent to defraud, any writing which, if genuine, might be of legal efficacy or the foundation of a legal liability; forgery.

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apuka

/ ā-pŭ'-kă / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. v., To deprive of something dishonestly; to cheat; to defraud.

2. v., To cheat and defraud grossly or with deliberate artifice; to swindle.

3. v., In law, to make a false and fraudulent imitation of something which, if genuine, would import legal efficacy; to forge.

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To swindle, cheat, defraud, embezzle; forgery. See kālā ʻāpuka, palapala ʻāpuka.

Deceit, treachery. In law it means forgery.

cheating, forgery, a swindler, embezzler.

1. Fraudulent (as in the execution of a deed). Kahula v. Kanewanui, 17 Haw. 466, 472 (1906). 2. Swindle; cheat; defraud.

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