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жульничать — meaning in English

zhulnichat

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English meaning

  • finagle verb To obtain, arrange, or achieve by indirect, complicated and/or intensive efforts.
  • sham adjective Fake or intended to deceive; not genuine.
  • swindle verb To cheat someone out of money or property through deception.

Senses

жульничать is used for these senses in English:

  • finagle (ambitransitive) To cheat or swindle; to use crafty, deceitful methods. (often with "out of" preceding the object)
  • sham To assume the manner and character of; to imitate; to ape; to feign.
  • swindle (transitive) To defraud.

finagle — full definition

  1. verb To obtain, arrange, or achieve by indirect, complicated and/or intensive efforts.
  2. verb To obtain, arrange, or achieve by deceitful methods, by trickery.
  3. verb To cheat or swindle; to use crafty, deceitful methods. (often with "out of" preceding the object)

sham — full definition

  1. adjective Fake or intended to deceive; not genuine.
  2. noun Something fraudulent that pretends to be real; a fake.
  3. noun A decorative pillow cover.
  4. verb To fake or pretend.

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