Phonies - перевод на Русский и значение в Английском

verb

To try to trick someone into believing something, esp. in order to get an advantage over that person

Примеры использования:

[ i ] the landlord claimed to have the right to raise his rent, but we believed he was bluffing and…

verb

To deceive someone by making them think either that you are going to do something when you really have no intention of doing it, or that you have knowledge that you do not really have, or that you are someone else

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Bluff someone into something/doing something she bluffed the doorman into thinking that she was a r…

verb

If you bluff your way into or out of a situation, you get yourself into or out of it by deceiving people

Примеры использования:

How did mina manage to bluff her way into that job?

noun

A person falsely claiming to have a special knowledge or skill.

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A self-confessed con artist and charlatan

noun

A person who pretends to have skills or knowledge that the person does not actually have

noun

A person who pretends to have skills or knowledge that they do not have, especially in medicine

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.

Примеры использования:

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

Примеры использования:

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

noun

The feeling or belief that one can have faith in or rely on someone or something.

Примеры использования:

We had every confidence in the staff

noun

A feeling of having little doubt about yourself and your abilities, or a feeling of trust in someone or something

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He has a sense of confidence, even arrogance, about what he does., consumers’ confidence in the eco…

noun

A feeling that you can trust someone or something to work well or behave as you expect

Примеры использования:

The index fell 3.1% as investors lost confidence in bank shares., have confidence in sb/sth "i have…

adjective

Not genuine; imitation or counterfeit.

Примеры использования:

She got on the plane with a fake passport

noun

A thing that is not genuine; a forgery or sham.

Примеры использования:

Fakes of old masters

verb

Forge or counterfeit (something).

Примеры использования:

She faked her spouse's signature

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…

noun

A person who gets money by deceiving people

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Fraudsters are using increasingly sophisticated tactics to obtain people's personal details.

noun

A person who tricks or deceives someone by means of a hoax.

Примеры использования:

The hoaxer claimed her mother was trapped in a burning flat

noun

A person who carries out a trick or plan to deceive people, such as telling the police there is a bomb somewhere when there is not

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If a hoaxer sends a pizza to the wrong address, little damage is done., a bomb hoaxer brought chaos…

noun

A person who pretends to be someone else in order to deceive others, especially for fraudulent gain.

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The charity has warned anyone approached by the impostor to contact police immediately

noun

A person who pretends to be someone else in order to deceive others

noun

A person who deceives others, especially in order to trick them out of their money; a charlatan.

Примеры использования:

He has been described as a ‘a mountebank, a charlatan and a scribbler’ by one author, although othe…

noun

A person who claims or aspires to a title or position.

Примеры использования:

The pretender to the throne

noun

A person who states they have a right to the high position that someone else has, although other people disagree with this

Примеры использования:

The rebel forces are led by the pretender to the throne (= the person who wants to replace the pres…

noun

The characteristic harsh sound made by a duck.

Примеры использования:

I heard a quack and saw some ducks huddled together

verb

(of a duck) make a quack.

Примеры использования:

Ducks quacked from the lake

noun

A person who dishonestly claims to have special knowledge and skill in some field, typically medicine.

Примеры использования:

A quack doctor

noun

A dishonest or unprincipled man.

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You are a rogue and an embezzler

verb

Remove inferior or defective plants or seedlings from (a crop).

Примеры использования:

The sowing has to be rogued to remove aberrant seedlings

noun

A person, organization, or country that does not behave in the usual or acceptable way

Примеры использования:

Buzzy’s a fun-loving teenage rogue., a rogue employee might tap into the computer.

noun

A dishonest or unscrupulous person; a rogue.

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That scoundrel sets a bad example for the other young men

noun

A thing that is not what it is purported to be.

Примеры использования:

Our current free health service is a sham

adjective

Bogus; false.

Примеры использования:

A clergyman who arranged a sham marriage

verb

Short for pillow sham.

noun

A person who uses deception to deprive someone of money or possessions.

Примеры использования:

He used his charm to become a small-time swindler

noun

Someone who gets money dishonestly by deceiving or cheating people

Примеры использования:

The man was a swindler.