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Betrügerei — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • cheating noun The act of deceiving or breaking rules for unfair gain, or being unfaithful to a partner.
  • deceit noun The act of deliberately misleading someone; a trick or lie meant to fool someone.
  • deception noun An action or scheme designed to make someone believe something untrue.
  • fraudulence noun The condition of being fraudulent; deceitfulness.
  • racket noun A handled frame strung with cord, used to hit a ball or shuttlecock in sports like tennis or badminton.
  • ruse noun A clever trick or scheme meant to deceive someone.
  • trickery noun The use of deceit or clever schemes to mislead or cheat someone.

Senses

Betrügerei is used for these senses in English:

  • cheating An act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, imposition or infidelity.
  • deceit An act or practice intended to deceive; a trick.
  • deception An instance of actions and/or schemes fabricated to mislead someone into believing a lie or inaccuracy.
  • fraudulence The condition of being fraudulent; deceitfulness.
  • racket An illegal scheme for profit; a fraud or swindle; or both coinstantiated.
  • ruse (uncountable) Cunning, guile, trickery.
  • trickery (countable, uncountable) Deception, deceit or underhanded behavior.

cheating — full definition

  1. noun The act of deceiving or breaking rules for unfair gain, or being unfaithful to a partner.
  2. adj Behaving dishonestly or unfaithfully.

deceit — full definition

  1. noun The act of deliberately misleading someone; a trick or lie meant to fool someone.
  2. noun In law, a false statement made knowingly or recklessly to trick someone into relying on it, causing them harm.

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