sexta-feira, 8 de junho de 2012

Word of the day: Swindle


Swindle: engano, fraude, lograr, enganar, fraudar, calotear, obter fraudulentamente.
Synonyms: beat, bilk, bleed, cheat, chisel, chouse, con, cozen, defraud, diddle, do, do in, euchre, fiddle, flimflam rip off, rook, screw, shake down, short, shortchange, skin, skunk, squeeze, stick, stiff, sting, sucker, fleece, thimblerig
”Hundreds of people were swindled out of their savings, and all they had to show for it were fake land deeds.”(www.merriam-webster.com)

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