бары́га — meaning in English

English meaning

• fence noun A barrier, usually made of wood, metal, or wire, marking a boundary or enclosing an area.
• huckster noun A peddler or hawker, who sells small items, either door-to-door, from a stall, or in the street.

Senses

бары́га is used for these senses in English:

• fence (informal) Someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods, a criminal middleman for transactions of stolen goods.
• huckster One who deceptively sells fraudulent products; snake oil salesman
• profiteer (pejorative) One who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by cost or risk, a rent-seeker.

fence — full definition

1. noun A barrier, usually made of wood, metal, or wire, marking a boundary or enclosing an area.
2. noun A person who buys and resells stolen goods.
3. verb To enclose land with a fence.
4. verb To compete in the sport of fencing, fighting with swords.
5. verb To give evasive or deliberately vague answers to avoid a direct question.

huckster — full definition

1. noun A peddler or hawker, who sells small items, either door-to-door, from a stall, or in the street.
2. noun Somebody who sells things in an aggressive or showy manner.
3. noun One who deceptively sells fraudulent products; snake oil salesman.
4. noun Somebody who writes advertisements for radio or television.

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