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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

  1. noun A dishonest scheme designed to trick someone, usually to take their money.
  2. verb To trick or cheat someone, typically for personal gain.
  3. noun A disadvantage of something, especially when weighed against its benefits.
  4. noun (informal) A convicted criminal.
  5. noun A large organized gathering for fans of a hobby or genre, such as comics or gaming.

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)

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