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muga
MU-ga
fool / sucker / mark (slang)
French: pigeon / dupe (argot)
Sofele amoni ngai zoba lokola muga.
The driver saw me as a fool, like a sucker.
Le chauffeur m'a pris pour un pigeon.
Muga — STREET SLANG used by hustlers and shrewd traders for a "mark" — someone easily ripped off or cheated. Derogatory but not as severe as the sexual vulgarities; the hustler's vocabulary of the Kinshasa zando.
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