vedättää — meaning in English
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English meaning
- con noun A dishonest scheme designed to trick someone, usually to take their money.
- lowball adj Significantly below the actual cost or value.
- lure noun Something that tempts or attracts, often with the promise of pleasure or reward.
- mislead verb To cause someone to believe something untrue, whether on purpose or by accident.
- scam noun A dishonest scheme designed to trick people out of money.
- trick noun An action meant to deceive, fool, or outsmart someone.
- wind-up noun An act of teasing someone by telling them something untrue to see how they react, or the false story itself.
Senses
vedättää is used for these senses in English:
- con (transitive, informal) To trick, lie or defraud, usually for personal gain.
- lowball (transitive) To make an offer well below an item's true value, often to take advantage of the seller's desperation or desire to sell the item quickly.
- pull someone's leg (idiomatic) To tease someone; to lead someone on; to goad someone into overreacting. It usually implies teasing or goading by jokingly lying.
- put on (intransitive, transitive) To fool, kid, deceive.
- scam (ambitransitive) To defraud or embezzle.
- take for a ride (transitive) To deceive someone.
- trick (transitive) To fool; to cause to believe something untrue; to deceive.
- wind up (British, transitive) To play a prank (on); to take the mickey (out of) or mock.
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.