estafar — meaning in English
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English meaning
- con noun A dishonest scheme designed to trick someone, usually to take their money.
- finagle verb To obtain, arrange, or achieve by indirect, complicated and/or intensive efforts.
- scam noun A dishonest scheme designed to trick people out of money.
- swindle verb To cheat someone out of money or property through deception.
Senses
estafar is used for these senses in English:
- con (transitive, informal) To trick, lie or defraud, usually for personal gain.
- finagle (ambitransitive) To cheat or swindle; to use crafty, deceitful methods. (often with "out of" preceding the object)
- rip off (transitive, slang) To cheat or swindle, especially by charging an excessively high or unfair price.
- scam (ambitransitive) To defraud or embezzle.
- swindle (transitive) To defraud.
- swindle (ambitransitive) To obtain (money or property) by fraudulent or deceitful methods.
con — full definition
- noun A dishonest scheme designed to trick someone, usually to take their money.
- verb To trick or cheat someone, typically for personal gain.
- noun A disadvantage of something, especially when weighed against its benefits.
- noun (informal) A convicted criminal.
- noun A large organized gathering for fans of a hobby or genre, such as comics or gaming.
finagle — full definition
- verb To obtain, arrange, or achieve by indirect, complicated and/or intensive efforts.
- verb To obtain, arrange, or achieve by deceitful methods, by trickery.
- verb To cheat or swindle; to use crafty, deceitful methods. (often with "out of" preceding the object)