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Dutch to English translations [PRO] Law/Patents - Law (general)
Dutch term or phrase:Gedupeerd
[...] Maar de x foundation bleek uiteindelijk de grootste verliezer. Wij geloofden in y en hadden onze aandelen vastgehouden. Bij succes had de stichting veel gewonnen, maar nu helaas veel verloren. In dat opzicht was x de zwaarst gedupeerde.
[...] Verschillende grote Amerikaanse advocatenkantoren analyseren nauwlettend de koersen op Wall Street. Zodra ze een incident zien, springen ze hierop in. Op basis van no cure no pay beginnen ze lawsuits. Ondertussen zoeken ze versterking bij gedupeerde beleggers.
[...] kregen we te maken met twee Amerikaanse lawsuits. De z case betrof een groep aandeelhouders die zich door de koersval gedupeerd voelde.
[...] Anders dan je misschien zou verwachten, zijn je eigen verdedigers er niet op uit de zaak heel erg snel tot een goed einde te brengen. Zij vinden het plezierig om over een wat langere periode te kunnen declareren. Als gedupeerd bedrijf moet je de hoogte van deze declaraties vergelijken met het niveau waartoe je assuradeurs bereid zijn de rekening te vergoeden. (Now he means the defendants!)
[...] de gedupeerde plaintiffs ontvangen een gedeelte als genoegdoening.
Explanation: Victimised doesn't quite seem to work here throughout, so just another option.
I mean you can be victim of an investment scam and be specifically targeted in that sense but I doubt you can feel "victimised" by a drop in the interest rate - cheated however yes.
Good luck, not an easy one to nail down
Debbie
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instead of feeling cheated - you can feel \"aggrieved\" under these circumstances
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misled and aggrieved - toned down
or
swindled and cheated - for impact
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dupe - IF there is a scam or any question of one elsthant\'s answer is fine but here\'s a list of equivalent terms so you can see if it\'s too strong for your context
¢º verb they were duped by a con man: DECEIVE, trick, hoodwink, hoax, swindle, defraud, cheat, double-cross; gull, mislead, take in, fool, inveigle; informal con, do, rip off, diddle, shaft, bilk, rook, pull the wool over someone\'s eyes, pull a fast one on, sell a pup to; N. Amer. informal sucker, snooker; Austral. informal pull a swifty on.
¢º noun an innocent dupe in her game: VICTIM, gull, pawn, puppet, instrument; fool, innocent; informal sucker, stooge, sitting duck, muggins, fall guy; Brit. informal mug; N. Amer. informal pigeon, patsy, sap.
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Duped/swindled is too strong if there is not a definite scam. A gree of insider trading happens everywhere but if these investors were not targeted specifically they can\'t be victims - if the fall was due mostly to outside forces you need to tone it down a little in my opinion - I\'d stick to words like misled, felt cheated, felt aggrieved - it is more \"benadeeld\" than anything else. Hope this helps
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No, certainly not on the part of the author, though the institutional investors that had put people into the company had cashed in their investments, but it seems as if the share price crash was due to outside forces.
Hi Robert, from your text as a whole is there any question of an overall scam - in which case duped or swindled would work - or is this just unlucky investors - hard to say with the US as those lawyers tend to litigate over anything.
07:42 Apr 22, 2005
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victimised
Explanation: Wouldn't this be helpful?
Hij werd de dupe van: he had to suffer for it, had to stand the racket (pay the bill,...)
... 1) A person ("the discriminator") discriminates against another person ("the person victimised") in any circumstances relevant for the purposes of any ... www.legalday.co.uk/lexnex/clo040702.htm
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