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gedogen

khuh-DOH-khuh[ɣəˈdoːɣə(n)]

Pronunciation: Marcel coenders · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

to officially tolerate what is technically against the law

Closest in English: tolerate, tolerance, condone. None of them covers it.

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The story

Gedogen is what the Dutch state does with the coffee shop: selling cannabis remains illegal, but the police leave it alone as long as the rules are kept. The policy even has its own noun, gedoogbeleid. English says turning a blind eye, without the paperwork.

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  1. Which language is it from?Dutch
  2. Who does it?A council choosing not to prosecute
  3. Where would you hear it?A coffee shop selling cannabis
  4. What does it mean?Looking away from a known offence

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