fregare — meaning in English
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English meaning
- cheat verb To break rules in order to gain an unfair advantage.
- finagle verb To obtain, arrange, or achieve by indirect, complicated and/or intensive efforts.
- jack noun A mechanical device used to lift something heavy off the ground, especially to raise a car to change a tyre.
- rub verb To move something back and forth against a surface while pressing on it.
- 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.
- steal verb To take something that belongs to someone else without permission or intention of returning it.
- swindle verb To cheat someone out of money or property through deception.
- swipe verb To steal something, often quickly and casually.
Senses
fregare is used for these senses in English:
- cheat (intransitive) To violate rules in order to gain, or attempt to gain, advantage from a situation.
- finagle (transitive) To obtain, arrange, or achieve by deceitful methods, by trickery.
- jack (transitive, colloquial) To steal (something), typically an automobile; to rob (someone).
- rub (transitive) To move (one object) while maintaining contact with another object over some area, with pressure and friction.
- scam (ambitransitive) To defraud or embezzle.
- screw (transitive) To extort or practice extortion upon; to oppress by unreasonable or extortionate exactions; to put the screws on.
- steal (transitive) To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else without intending to return it.
- steal (transitive, baseball) To advance safely to (another base) during the delivery of a pitch, without the aid of a hit, walk, passed ball, wild pitch, or defensive indifference.
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.
finagle — full definition
- verb To obtain, arrange, or achieve by indirect, complicated and/or intensive efforts.
- verb To obtain, arrange, or achieve by deceitful methods, by trickery.
- verb To cheat or swindle; to use crafty, deceitful methods. (often with "out of" preceding the object)