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: Sham

Sham: impostura, pretexto, engano, logro, fraude, impostor, fingir, simular, dar a falsa impressão, imitado,fingido, falso

Synonyms: fake, mock, bogus, imitation, pretended, pretend, pretend, fake, put it on, act, play, imitate

“He claims that the trial was a sham.”

“Their marriage was a sham.”

“Many people believed he could help them, but I knew he was a sham.”

“She exposed their sham and hypocrisy.”

(www.merriam-webster.com / www.wordhippo.com)

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)

Word of the day: Flam

Flam:  mentira, falsidade, artifício, engano, embuste, enredo, enganar, lograr, enredar, defraudar

Synonyms:  complicity, conpiracy, deceit, manipulation, guilt

“He would be a 'real ' person to the poor needy people who didn't have any time for all that flim flam!”  (www.sentence.yourdictionary.com)

Word of the day: Spoof

Spoof:  imitação, paródia, sátira, engano, logro, satirizar sutilmente, enganar, lograr

Synonyms: burlesque, caricature, do, imitate, mock, parody, send up, mimic, travesty

“…spoofed overly competitive parents in a mockumentary about tryouts for a national T-ball team…”

“The newspaper was spoofed by a supposedly plausible claim of a UFO encounter. “        (www.merriam-webster.com)

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)