embabucar — meaning in English

English meaning

• bamboozle verb To con, defraud, trick, to make a fool of, to humbug or impose on someone.
• shill noun Someone paid to promote or endorse something while pretending to be an impartial customer.

Senses

embabucar is used for these senses in English:

• bamboozle (transitive, informal) To con, defraud, trick, to make a fool of, to humbug or impose on someone.
• shill (pejorative, intransitive, transitive) To promote or endorse in return for payment, especially dishonestly; sometimes extended sarcastically even to those not paid but strongly biased in favor.

bamboozle — full definition

1. verb To con, defraud, trick, to make a fool of, to humbug or impose on someone.
2. verb To confuse, frustrate or perplex.

shill — full definition

1. noun Someone paid to promote or endorse something while pretending to be an impartial customer.
2. noun An accomplice who bids up prices at an auction or lures players into a gambling game.
3. verb To promote something in exchange for payment, especially dishonestly.

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