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bedriegen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bamboozle verb To con, defraud, trick, to make a fool of, to humbug or impose on someone.
  • beguile verb To deceive or delude (using guile).
  • betray verb To be disloyal to someone who trusts you, especially by helping their enemies or breaking a promise.
  • cheat verb To break rules in order to gain an unfair advantage.
  • cog noun A tooth on a gear wheel, or the wheel itself.
  • con noun A dishonest scheme designed to trick someone, usually to take their money.
  • cozen verb To become cozy; (by extension) to become acquainted, comfortable, or familiar with.
  • cuckold noun A man whose wife or partner has been unfaithful to him.
  • deceive verb To trick or mislead someone into believing something false.
  • delude verb To make someone believe something untrue, often about themselves or their situation.
  • fool noun A person who acts or thinks without good sense or judgment.
  • mislead verb To cause someone to believe something untrue, whether on purpose or by accident.
  • spoof noun A humorous imitation that pokes fun at something, especially a film, show, or genre.

Senses

bedriegen is used for these senses in English:

  • bamboozle (transitive, informal) To con, defraud, trick, to make a fool of, to humbug or impose on someone.
  • beguile (transitive) To deceive or delude (using guile).
  • betray (transitive) To prove faithless or treacherous to, as to a trust or one who trusts; to be false to; to deceive.
  • cheat (intransitive) To violate rules in order to gain, or attempt to gain, advantage from a situation.
  • con (transitive, informal) To trick, lie or defraud, usually for personal gain.
  • cozen (archaic) To cheat; to defraud; to deceive, usually by small arts, or in a pitiful way. [from late 16th c.]
  • deceive (transitive) To trick or mislead.
  • delude (transitive) To deceive into believing something which is false; to lead into error; to dupe.

bamboozle — full definition

  1. verb To con, defraud, trick, to make a fool of, to humbug or impose on someone.
  2. verb To confuse, frustrate or perplex.

beguile — full definition

  1. verb To deceive or delude (using guile).
  2. verb To charm, delight or captivate.
  3. verb To cause (time) to seem to pass quickly, by way of pleasant diversion.

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