ENGLISH → HINDI
bogeyman
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noun
बोगीमैन (काल्पनिक डरावना खतरा)
Any make-believe threat, especially one used to intimidate or distract, or a real threat greatly exaggerated for those purposes; often taking the form of a notorious historical personage suggested to return as a revenant to punish for wrongdoing.
In a sentence
The bogeyman of a Halloween-candy poisoner behind every door has animated occasional moral panics against trick-or-treating.
हर दरवाज़े के पीछे छिपे हैलोवीन-कैंडी में ज़हर मिलाने वाले के भूत ने कभी-कभी ट्रिक-ऑर-ट्रीट के खिलाफ नैतिक भय पैदा किया है।
The specter of an election-vote recount is this year's political bogeyman.
चुनाव के वोटों की पुनर्गणना का भूत इस साल का राजनीतिक बोगीमैन है।
A note on usage
broadly; figuratively