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: 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)

deception

deception - (engano, fraude, dolo)

(Port.) decepção – (disappointment)

Investigators find repeated deceptions in ads for drugs.(NYT, December 4, 2002) =

Investigadores descobrem repetidas fraudes em anúncios de remédios.

New details emerging from an investigation into research fraud in a South African breast cancer study suggest that the deception and violations of ethics were even more serious than initially recognized. (NYT, March 10, 2000) =  Novos detalhes vindo de uma investigação sobre fraude em pesquisa sobre um estudo da África do Sul de câncer de mama sugerem que fraude e violações da ética eram ainda mais sérias do que se admitiam  inicialmente.

Why should they be bailed out while people are losing their homes because of the greed and deception of these very firms?” (Newsweek, November 17, 2008) = Por que eles deveriam ser resgatados enquanto as pessoas estão perdendo suas casas por causa da ganância e dolo destas mesmas firmas?

A palavra decepção  pode ser traduzida por “disappointment” :

Se esta descrição for correta, a lei sobre o estímulo (econômico) vai ser uma verdadeira decepção. =  If this description is correct, the stimulus bill will be a real disappointment.(NYT, January 24, 2008)

A reunião foi uma verdadeira decepção para o famoso CEO. Nada foi realizado. = 

The meeting was a disappointment to the famous CEO. Nothing  was accomplished.