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segunda-feira, 13 de janeiro de 2014

Word of the da: Swindle

Swindle: engano, fraude, lograr, enganar, fraudar, calotear, obter fraudulentamente
Synonyms: beat, bilk, bleed, cheat, chisel, con, cozen, defraud, do, do in, fiddle, hustle, ream, rip off, screw, short, skin, skunk, squeeze, stick, stiff, sting, sucker, fleece

“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)




sexta-feira, 28 de setembro de 2012

Word of the day: Swindler


Swindler: caloteiro, logrador, trapaceiro.
Synonyms: beat, bilk, bleed, cheat, con, cozen, defraud, diddle, fiddle, gaff, hose, hustle, pluck, rip off, rook, screw, shake down, short, shortchange, skunk, squeeze, stick fleece, victimize
“Bernie Madoff: swindler, liar and now … jailhouse braggart.”(www.thedailybeast.com)
“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)