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A six-year-old girl was drowned in a water tank and her head was smashed with a stone to hide her identity after a failed rape bid, 43-year-old private watchman arrested (www.ndtv.com)

submitted 2 years ago by Live_Let_Live@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

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[–] joyjoy@lemmy.world 28 points 2 years ago (4 children)

It wasn't a failed rape bid. It was a failed rape attempt. There wasn't an auction like I was thinking based on what I read in the title.

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[–] Copernican@lemmy.world 54 points 2 years ago

Just non native English speaking translation. A bid can meet an attempt, like a bid for re election.

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[–] tiramichu@lemm.ee 10 points 2 years ago

One of the meanings of 'bid' is to attempt to achieve something

e.g. "In a bid to escape, he jumped down the waterfall"

Doesn't mean money is involved. But I agree it's a poor choice of phrase for this headline.

And either way, very bad news =(

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[–] a_baby_duck@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Yeah I'm not sure what "rape bid" is even supposed to mean, in any context. Doesn't "bid" imply something that can be accepted?

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[–] Vampiric_Luma@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago

Don't worry, someone made a whole page about bid. It's actually kind of crazy how in-depth it goes, so search for [Subject-Verb], I think that's the relevant bit.

... Also, did you know you can highlight text and paste in a link and it formats everything for you??? Bless.

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[–] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

I think it’s more of a translation issue.

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