truffare — meaning in English
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English meaning
- dupe verb To trick or deceive someone, usually to gain something from them.
- hustle verb To push, shove, or move someone quickly and often roughly.
- 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
truffare is used for these senses in English:
- dupe To swindle, deceive, or trick.
- hustle (transitive) To con, swindle, or deceive, especially financially.
- 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.
- swindle (transitive) To defraud.
- swindle (ambitransitive) To obtain (money or property) by fraudulent or deceitful methods.
dupe — full definition
- verb To trick or deceive someone, usually to gain something from them.
- noun A person who has been tricked or deceived.
- noun A cheap imitation or knockoff of a genuine product.
hustle — full definition
- verb To push, shove, or move someone quickly and often roughly.
- verb To work hard and energetically, especially to earn money.
- verb To con or swindle someone, especially in a game or deal.
- noun Determined effort and energetic activity, especially toward earning money.
- noun A dishonest scheme; a scam.