Word of the day: Swindle / CLASH, CRASH, CRUSH

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

“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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clash	choque, entrar em conflito
crash	estrondo, batida, queda (de avião, por ex.)
crush	esmagamento, esmagar, amassar, paixão intensa e passageira

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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)