betrügen — 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.
- deceive verb To trick or mislead someone into believing something false.
- defraud verb To get money or property from someone through deception.
- finagle verb To obtain, arrange, or achieve by indirect, complicated and/or intensive efforts.
- fleece noun The woolly coat of a sheep, or wool shorn from it in one piece.
- fool noun A person who acts or thinks without good sense or judgment.
- humbug noun Nonsense, deception, or something meant to trick or mislead people.
- hustle verb To push, shove, or move someone quickly and often roughly.
- rook noun A large black European bird related to the crow, known for nesting in noisy colonies.
- scam noun A dishonest scheme designed to trick people out of money.
- screw noun A metal fastener with a spiral thread, driven in with a twisting motion to hold materials together.
- swindle verb To cheat someone out of money or property through deception.
Senses
betrügen is used for these senses in English:
- cheat (transitive) To deceive; to fool; to trick.
- con (transitive, informal) To trick, lie or defraud, usually for personal gain.
- deceive (transitive) To trick or mislead.
- defraud (transitive) To obtain money or property from (a person) by fraud; to swindle.
- finagle (ambitransitive) To cheat or swindle; to use crafty, deceitful methods. (often with "out of" preceding the object)
- fleece (transitive) To con or trick (someone) out of money.
- fool (archaic) To make a fool of; to make act the fool.
- go back on To be treacherous or faithless to; to betray.
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.