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imbrogliare — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • cheat verb To break rules in order to gain an unfair advantage.
  • dupe verb To trick or deceive someone, usually to gain something from them.
  • have verb To own or possess something.
  • hoodwink verb To cover the eyes with, or as if with, a hood; to blindfold.
  • hustle verb To push, shove, or move someone quickly and often roughly.
  • muddle verb To mix things up in a confusing way, or to think in a confused, unclear manner.
  • 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.
  • trick noun An action meant to deceive, fool, or outsmart someone.

Senses

imbrogliare is used for these senses in English:

  • cheat (intransitive) To violate rules in order to gain, or attempt to gain, advantage from a situation.
  • dupe To swindle, deceive, or trick.
  • have (informal, often passive, transitive) To trick, to deceive.
  • hoodwink To deceive using a disguise; to bewile, dupe, mislead.
  • hustle (transitive) To con, swindle, or deceive, especially financially.
  • muddle To mix together, to mix up; to confuse.
  • rook (transitive) To cheat or swindle.
  • scam (ambitransitive) To defraud or embezzle.

cheat — full definition

  1. verb To break rules in order to gain an unfair advantage.
  2. verb To be sexually or romantically unfaithful to a partner.
  3. verb To deceive or trick someone, often to take something from them.
  4. noun A person who cheats, or an act of cheating.

dupe — full definition

  1. verb To trick or deceive someone, usually to gain something from them.
  2. noun A person who has been tricked or deceived.
  3. noun A cheap imitation or knockoff of a genuine product.

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