spellare

  1. (transitive) to skin, to flay (a rabbit, etc.)
  2. (transitive) to skin (a knee, etc.)
  3. (figuratively, informal, transitive) to fleece (a client)
  4. (figuratively, informal, transitive) to flay, to ill-treat

Hyphenated as
spel‧là‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/spelˈla.re/
Etymology

From s- + pelle (“skin”) + -are.

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