From the headline of this article at The Guardian.
上記の文で、prank callの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "prank call" mean?
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解答
意味：英辞郎によると、
迷惑［いたずら・嫌がらせ］電話なので、この場合は、「いたずら電話」でいいでしょう。
Answer
According to MacMillan Dictionary:a telephone call in which the caller lies to or tricks the person they called
Examples
- Prank callers masquerading as Comcast representatives have reportedly found fresh victims on the company’s Twitter feed, phoning frustrated customers simply to insult them.
- They prank call people for fun.
- i hate prank calls, i write down the number and tell the police, cause im sick to death of them
- ‘someone made a prank call to police’
- ‘she received a prank call by a caller claiming to be Russia's president’
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