huijaus — meaning in English
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English meaning
- cheat verb To break rules in order to gain an unfair advantage.
- con noun A dishonest scheme designed to trick someone, usually to take their money.
- deceit noun The act of deliberately misleading someone; a trick or lie meant to fool someone.
- fraud noun The crime of deceiving someone to gain money or an unfair advantage.
- graft noun A piece of living tissue, skin, or plant shoot transplanted onto or into another body or plant to grow there.
- guile noun Clever, often sly or dishonest, cunning used to deceive or manipulate.
- hoax noun Something made up on purpose to trick or deceive people.
- humbug noun Nonsense, deception, or something meant to trick or mislead people.
- imposition noun An unwelcome demand or burden placed on someone.
- scam noun A dishonest scheme designed to trick people out of money.
- sham adjective Fake or intended to deceive; not genuine.
- spoof noun A humorous imitation that pokes fun at something, especially a film, show, or genre.
- swindle verb To cheat someone out of money or property through deception.
- wrench noun US: a hand tool used to grip and turn nuts, bolts, or pipes; called a spanner in British English.
Senses
huijaus is used for these senses in English:
- cheat (video games) A hidden means of gaining an unfair advantage in a video game, often by entering a cheat code.
- con (informal) A fraud; something carried out with the intention of deceiving, usually for personal, often illegal, gain.
- deceit An act or practice intended to deceive; a trick.
- deceit (law) The tort or fraudulent representation of a material fact made with knowledge of its falsity, or recklessly, or without reasonable grounds for believing its truth and with intent to induce reliance on it; the plaintiff justifiably relies on the deception, to his injury.
- double-dealing deceit or treachery
- fraud Any act of deception carried out for the purpose of unfair, undeserved or unlawful gain.
- fraud The assumption of a false identity to such deceptive end.
- graft (countable) A con job.
cheat — full definition
- verb To break rules in order to gain an unfair advantage.
- verb To be sexually or romantically unfaithful to a partner.
- verb To deceive or trick someone, often to take something from them.
- noun A person who cheats, or an act of cheating.
con — full definition
- noun A dishonest scheme designed to trick someone, usually to take their money.
- verb To trick or cheat someone, typically for personal gain.
- noun A disadvantage of something, especially when weighed against its benefits.
- noun (informal) A convicted criminal.
- noun A large organized gathering for fans of a hobby or genre, such as comics or gaming.