Con - Английское значение и перевод слова Con на Русский язык

verb

Cheat or fool.

Примеры использования:

He bamboozled canada's largest banks in a massive counterfeit scam

verb

To trick or deceive someone, often by confusing them

Примеры использования:

She was bamboozled into telling them her credit card number.

verb

To trick or deceive someone, often by confusing them

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Don't get bamboozled by all the jargon., she was bamboozled into telling them her credit card number.

verb

Lose blood from the body as a result of injury or illness.

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The cut was bleeding steadily

noun

An instance of bleeding.

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A lot of blood was lost from the placental bleed

noun

An unnecessary, wasteful, or fraudulent project.

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He characterized the defense program as an unworkable boondoggle

verb

Spend money or time on unnecessary, wasteful, or fraudulent projects.

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The only guarantees are higher taxes and bureaucratic boondoggling

noun

An expensive program that is a waste of money, esp. one using public money

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Voters say they are fed up with such boondoggles.

noun

A swindle or confidence trick.

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A bunco artist

verb

Swindle or cheat.

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He didn't propose to be buncoed without a fight

verb

Act dishonestly or unfairly in order to gain an advantage.

Примеры использования:

She always cheats at cards

noun

A person who behaves dishonestly in order to gain an advantage.

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Athletes who abide by the rules are up against cheats with a distinct advantage.

verb

To act in a way that is dishonest, or to make someone believe something that is not true in order to get something for yourself

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[ t ] the insurance companies were found to be cheating consumers., [ t ] they got cheated out of t…

verb

Deliberately cause (someone) to believe something that is not true, especially for personal gain.

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I didn't intend to deceive people into thinking it was french champagne

verb

To persuade someone that something false is the truth; trick or fool

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Some parents try to deceive school officials and enroll their children in other districts., we shou…

verb

To use dishonest or illegal methods to get something or to make people believe that something is true when it is not

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These were fraudulent transactions aimed at deceiving creditors and investors., intention/intent to…

noun

The action of deceiving someone.

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Obtaining property by deception

verb

Illegally obtain money from (someone) by deception.

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He used a second identity to defraud the bank of thousands of pounds

verb

To take or keep something illegally from someone by deceiving the person

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She is charged with defrauding the internal revenue service.

verb

To take money or goods illegally from someone by deceiving them

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Defraud sb of sth an architect and two surveyors defrauded a charity trust of £3.5m by invoicing it…

verb

Make (someone) believe something that is not true.

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Too many theorists have deluded the public

verb

To fool yourself into believing something is true because you want it to be true, when it is actually not true

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He’s deluding himself if he thinks he’s going to get that promotion.

verb

Cheat or swindle (someone) so as to deprive them of something.

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He thought he'd been diddled out of his change

verb

To get money from someone in a way that is not honest

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He diddled me! he said that there were six in a bag, but there were only five., i checked the bill …

verb

Perform (an action, the precise nature of which is often unspecified).

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Very little work has been done in this field

noun

Used before a verb (except be, can, may, ought, shall, will ) in questions and negative statements.

Примеры использования:

Do you have any pets?

noun

Variant spelling of doh1.

verb

Deceive; trick.

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The newspaper was duped into publishing an untrue story

noun

A victim of deception.

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Men who were simply the dupes of their unscrupulous leaders

verb

Make a duplicate or copy of.

Примеры использования:

How to dupe 35 mm slides on to 35 mm film

verb

Steal or misappropriate (money placed in one's trust or belonging to the organization for which one works).

Примеры использования:

She had embezzled £5,600,000 in company funds

verb

To secretly and illegally take money that is in your care or that belongs to an organization or business you work for

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They were arrested for the embezzlement of company funds.

verb

To steal money that is in your care or that belongs to an organization or business you work for

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While employed as business banking manager of the bank, he embezzled £300,000., embezzle sth from s…

verb

Make full use of and derive benefit from (a resource).

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500 companies sprang up to exploit this new technology

noun

A bold or daring feat.

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Despite a series of colourful exploits, his agents obtained little intelligence of value

noun

A brave, interesting, or unusual act

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Daredevil exploits, he is not content to limit himself to his exploits on the basketball court., th…

noun

A violin.

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This tradition is still at the heart of their music, with the female voices front-lining the instru…

verb

Touch or fidget with something in a restless or nervous way.

Примеры использования:

Lena fiddled with her cup

verb

To move things around or touch things without a particular purpose

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He stood there fiddling with his keys.

noun

The woolly covering of a sheep or goat.

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As the sheep came on board, we grabbed their long shaggy fleeces

verb

Obtain a great deal of money from (someone), typically by overcharging or swindling them.

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The city's cab drivers are notorious for fixing fares and fleecing tourists

noun

A person who acts unwisely or imprudently; a silly person.

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I felt a bit of a fool

verb

Trick or deceive (someone); dupe.

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He fooled nightclub managers into believing he was a successful businessman

adjective

Foolish; silly.

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That damn fool waiter

noun

Wrongful or criminal deception intended to result in financial or personal gain.

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He was convicted of fraud

noun

The crime of obtaining money or property by deceiving people

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Convicted of tax fraud, he was sentenced to two years in prison., he says he’s been everywhere and …

noun

The crime of getting money by tricking or deceiving people, or a crime of this type

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Serious/massive fraud we only investigate when there are sufficient grounds for believing serious f…

verb

Engage in petty or small-scale swindling.

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How long have you been grifting?

noun

A petty or small-scale swindle.

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A sixth avenue palmistry grift

noun

Ways of getting money dishonestly that involve tricking someone

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The plot of the movie includes grift, betrayal, and daredevil escapes.

verb

Cheat or swindle (someone).

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A young inventor gypped by greedy financiers

noun

An act of cheating someone; a swindle.

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That also means i never actually turned into a four-foot dragon, which is kind of a gyp.

noun

Pain or discomfort.

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One of her achilles tendons had begun giving her gyp

noun

A humorous or malicious deception.

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The evidence had been planted as part of an elaborate hoax

verb

Trick or deceive (someone).

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I now have reason to believe that in unraveling a hoax i was hoaxed myself.

verb

Deceive or trick.

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Staff were hoodwinked into thinking the cucumber was a sawn-off shotgun

verb

To deceive or trick someone

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We were hoodwinked into believing that we had won a lot of money.

verb

Push roughly; jostle.

Примеры использования:

They were hissed and hustled as they went in

noun

A state of great activity.

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The hustle and bustle of the big cities

Move or cause to move energetically or busily

noun

A toy consisting of a light frame with thin material stretched over it, flown in the wind at the end of a long string.

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Despite one close call when it dropped so far that the line briefly got caught in the branches of a…

verb

Fly a kite.

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While i kited, she would always watch out for me

noun

An opaque white fluid rich in fat and protein, secreted by female mammals for the nourishment of their young.

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A healthy mother will produce enough milk for her baby

verb

Draw milk from (a cow or other animal), either by hand or mechanically.

Примеры использования:

Two hours later he was up again to milk the cows

noun

The white liquid produced esp. by cows which people drink

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Cookies and milk, breast milk is the best nourishment for a baby., coconut milk, the newspapers mil…

verb

Cause (someone) to have a wrong idea or impression.

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Fans believed they were misled about the reasons for the cancellation

verb

To cause someone to believe something that is not true

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We’re not misleading people, and we’re not pretending to be something we’re not.

verb

To cause someone to believe something that is not true

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The government has repeatedly misled the public, and we're here to protest., mislead sb about sth t…

noun

A bat with a round or oval frame strung with catgut, nylon, etc., used especially in tennis, badminton, and squash.

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A squash racket

verb

Make or move with a loud unpleasant noise.

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Trains racketed by

noun

An object consisting of a net fixed tightly to an oval frame with a long handle, used in various sports for hitting a ball

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A tennis/squash racket, who’s making such a racket?

collocation

Deprive somebody of something by deceit

phrasal verb

Cheat someone, especially financially.

Примеры использования:

She thought he was ripping her off over her royalties

phrasal verb

Steal or plagiarize something.

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They have ripped off £6.7 billion

noun

A gregarious eurasian crow with black plumage and a bare face, nesting in colonies in treetops.

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Birds - blackbirds and thrushes, robins, starlings, rooks and crows, jays, ducks, seagulls and owls…

verb

Defraud, overcharge, or swindle (someone).

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Police files are overflowing with complaints from people who've been rooked

noun

A chess piece, typically with its top in the shape of a battlement, that can move in any direction along a rank or file on which it stands. each player starts the game with two rooks at opposite ends of the first rank.

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With the rise in use of exchange sacrifices, rook versus minor piece endgames are becoming more com…

noun

A fraudulent or dishonest act or practice.

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A tax rort

verb

Engage in sharp practice.

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This was a club that cheated and rorted over a period of years and they deserved everything they go…

noun

A dishonest scheme; a fraud.

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An insurance scam

verb

Swindle.

Примеры использования:

A guy that scams old pensioners out of their savings

noun

A dishonest or illegal plan or activity, esp. one for making money

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She was involved in an insurance scam, collecting on false accident claims.

verb

Firmly press (something soft or yielding), typically with one's fingers.

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Kate squeezed his hand affectionately

noun

An act of squeezing something.

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A gentle squeeze of the trigger

Press firmly

noun

A small sharp-pointed organ at the end of the abdomen of bees, wasps, ants, and scorpions, capable of inflicting a painful or dangerous wound by injecting poison.

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The poor fellow has neither the tusks of the elephant, nor the claws of the lion, nor even the horn…

verb

Wound or pierce with a sting.

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He was stung by a jellyfish

verb

(esp. of insects, plants, and animals) to produce a small but painful injury by making a very small hole in the skin

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[ i ] why do bees sting?, [ t ] cold air stung jack’s lungs., [ i ] the soap made his eyes sting., …

verb

Use deception to deprive (someone) of money or possessions.

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A businessman swindled investors out of millions of pounds

noun

A fraudulent scheme or action.

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He is mixed up in a £10 million insurance swindle

verb

To cheat or trick someone in order to get money from them

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Swindle sb out of sth a web-based company swindled customers out of $15 million., victims of the sw…

noun

A thing that is disappointing or represents a mild swindle.

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What a swizz!

noun

A mixed alcoholic drink, especially a frothy one of rum or gin and bitters.

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A rum swizzle

verb

Stir (a drink) with a swizzle stick.

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He would swizzle it into a froth and pour it out for us

noun

Another term for swizz.

idiom

To use an opportunity to achieve results, sometimes in an unfair way

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Let’s take advantage of the good weather and go to the beach., don't you realize that he's taking a…

phrase

To use the good things in a situation

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I thought i'd take advantage of the sports facilities while i'm here., i took advantage of my boss'…

phrase

To treat someone badly in order to get something good from them

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I think she takes advantage of his good nature., i know she's offered to babysit, but i don't want …

noun

A cunning act or scheme intended to deceive or outwit someone.

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He's a double-dealer capable of any mean trick

verb

Cunningly deceive or outwit.

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Many people have been tricked by villains with false identity cards

adjective

Intended or used to deceive or mystify, or to create an illusion.

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A trick question