to trap someone with a pregnancy for money
Aquela fã conheceu o famoso jogador e aplicou o golpe da barriga nele.
That fan met the famous player and trapped him with a baby for money.
Golpe da barriga (literally "the belly scam") is a modern Brazilian colloquialism that reuses golpe, "a con or scam", with barriga, the pregnant belly. It accuses someone of deliberately getting pregnant by a well-off partner so as to secure money — typically child support — from them.
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