Swindle - перевод на Русский и значение в Английском

noun

Clever or cunning devices or expedients, especially as used to trick or deceive others.

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An industry dominated by artifice

noun

(the use of) a clever trick or something intended to deceive

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Amazingly for hollywood, she seems almost entirely without artifice.

verb

Act dishonestly or unfairly in order to gain an advantage.

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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…

noun

The use of deception or subterfuge to achieve one's purpose.

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Storylines packed with political chicanery

noun

Dishonest but attractive talk or behavior that is used to deceive people

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The investigation has revealed political chicanery and corruption at the highest levels.

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

noun

The action or practice of deceiving someone by concealing or misrepresenting the truth.

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A web of deceit

noun

Speech or behavior that keeps the truth hidden

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All we hear from them are lies and deceit., she just assumes that elected leaders are cynical and d…

noun

Dishonest or illegal methods used by a person or organization in order to get something or to make people believe that something is true when it is not

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The company filed a legal claim alleging deceit and breach of contract.

noun

The action of deceiving someone.

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Obtaining property by deception

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

Avoid (someone or something) by a sudden quick movement.

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Marchers had to dodge missiles thrown by loyalists

noun

A sudden quick movement to avoid someone or something.

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A guard shot at me but with a quick dodge from my new agility i managed to avoid at it.

verb

A quick evasive movement

noun

The action or fact of treating someone unfairly in order to benefit from their work.

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The exploitation of migrant workers

noun

The act of using someone unfairly for your own advantage

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She favors legislation to curb the exploitation of child labor.

noun

The use or development of something for profit or progress in business

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The awards recognize the best new products or processes suitable for commercial exploitation., the …

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.

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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

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…

noun

An instance of pretending to be someone else in order to deceive others.

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I discovered the imposture as soon as her doppelgänger arrived

noun

The act of pretending to be someone else in order to deceive others

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.

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She thought he was ripping her off over her royalties

phrasal verb

Steal or plagiarize something.

Примеры использования:

They have ripped off £6.7 billion

noun

An action intended to deceive someone; a trick.

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Emma tried to think of a ruse to get paul out of the house

proper noun

An industrial city and the principal port of bulgaria, on the river danube; population 156,959 (2008). turkish during the middle ages, it was captured by russia in 1877 and ceded to bulgaria.

noun

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

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Our current free health service is a sham

adjective

Bogus; false.

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A clergyman who arranged a sham marriage

verb

Short for pillow sham.

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., …

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.

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

noun

The practice of deception.

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The dealer resorted to trickery

noun

Devious or cunning stratagems employed in manipulating or persuading someone to do what one wants.

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She didn't employ any feminine wiles to capture his attention

verb

Lure; entice.

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She could be neither driven nor wiled into the parish kirk

adjective

Very bad; terrible.

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He was wile when he was young