estafa — meaning in English

English meaning

• scam noun A dishonest scheme designed to trick people out of money.
• sneak verb To move quietly and carefully so as not to be noticed.
• swindle verb To cheat someone out of money or property through deception.

Senses

estafa is used for these senses in English:

• con artist A person who uses confidence tricks to defraud or swindle people after first gaining their trust with a series of confidence games; a scam operator, confidence trickster.
• scam A fraudulent deal.
• sneak A cheat; a con artist.
• swindle An instance of swindling.

scam — full definition

1. noun A dishonest scheme designed to trick people out of money.
2. verb To defraud or trick someone, usually for money.

sneak — full definition

1. verb To move quietly and carefully so as not to be noticed.
2. verb To take something without permission, doing it quietly and secretly.
3. adjective Done secretly, or released ahead of the official date.

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