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      "arabic": "قالَ الخَطِيبُ: «إنَّ هذا الوَزِيرَ يَخُونُ وَطَنَهُ وَأَهْلَهُ»",
      "english": "The orator said: \"This minister betrays his homeland and his people.\"",
      "explanation": "The orator used yakhūnu (betrays). When challenged, he claimed he had said yakūnu (is/will be), completing the sentence as \"this minister will be a sword for his homeland and his people.\" The two forms differ by a single dot on the first root letter (خ → ك), a minimal consonantal shift that constitutes taḥrīf, and which — in rapid speech or unvocalised writing — renders the escape reading formally plausible."
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      "english": "The columnist wrote, “This minister is incompetent.”",
      "explanation": "When challenged for insulting the minister, the columnist claimed that he had written “This minister is competent,” and that the prefix in- had been added in transmission. The objectionable reading incompetent can thus be converted into the innocuous competent by a minimal formal change — deletion of two letters — providing the speaker with an escape from accountability. The example therefore illustrates Evasive Letterplay through addition or deletion rather than through the Arabic-specific manipulation of consonantal pointing."
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