Scam - перевод на Русский и значение в Английском

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

Persuade (someone) to do or believe something by lying to them.

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I conned him into giving me your home number

noun

An instance of deceiving or tricking someone.

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The charter is a glossy public relations con

noun

A disadvantage of or argument against something.

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Borrowers have to weigh up the pros and cons of each mortgage offer

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 …

noun

Nonsensical or insincere talk.

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Pseudo-intellectual flimflam

verb

Swindle (someone) with a confidence trick.

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The tribe was flimflammed out of its land

noun

Talk that is confusing and intended to deceive

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

verb

Push roughly; jostle.

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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

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?

noun

A sloping surface joining two different levels, as at the entrance or between floors of a building.

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A wheelchair ramp

verb

Provide with a ramp.

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We have purposefully ramped the entrance to make it easier access

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

Another term for shake-up.

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A major british monarchy shakedown

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 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

verb

Form into a bent, curling, or distorted shape.

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A strip of metal is twisted to form a hollow tube

noun

An act of twisting something around a stationary point.

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The taps needed a single twist to turn them on

verb

Cause an object to assume a curved or distorted shape