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bedra — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bamboozle verb To con, defraud, trick, to make a fool of, to humbug or impose on someone.
  • betray verb To be disloyal to someone who trusts you, especially by helping their enemies or breaking a promise.
  • cheat verb To break rules in order to gain an unfair advantage.
  • con noun A dishonest scheme designed to trick someone, usually to take their money.
  • deceive verb To trick or mislead someone into believing something false.
  • hoax noun Something made up on purpose to trick or deceive people.
  • swindle verb To cheat someone out of money or property through deception.

Senses

bedra 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.
  • betray (transitive) To prove faithless or treacherous to, as to a trust or one who trusts; to be false to; to deceive.
  • cheat (intransitive) To violate rules in order to gain, or attempt to gain, advantage from a situation.
  • con (transitive, informal) To trick, lie or defraud, usually for personal gain.
  • deceive (transitive) To trick or mislead.
  • hoax (transitive) To deceive (someone) by making them believe something that has been maliciously or mischievously fabricated.
  • swindle (transitive) To defraud.

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.

betray — full definition

  1. verb To be disloyal to someone who trusts you, especially by helping their enemies or breaking a promise.
  2. verb To reveal something unintentionally.

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