get-rich-quick in English

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      "expansion": "get-rich-quick (not comparable)",
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  "pos": "adj",
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        {
          "word": "get rich quicker"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Five companies offering get-rich-quick schemes to property investors have been shut down.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Get-rich-quick email scams are on the increase.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "Claiming to provide large profits quickly, with no realistic chance of success, in order to lure gullible investment victims."
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          "profit",
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        ],
        [
          "quickly",
          "quickly"
        ],
        [
          "realistic",
          "realistic"
        ],
        [
          "chance",
          "chance"
        ],
        [
          "success",
          "success"
        ],
        [
          "in order to",
          "in order to"
        ],
        [
          "lure",
          "lure"
        ],
        [
          "gullible",
          "gullible"
        ],
        [
          "investment",
          "investment"
        ],
        [
          "victim",
          "victim"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, often derogatory, of a scheme) Claiming to provide large profits quickly, with no realistic chance of success, in order to lure gullible investment victims."
      ],
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        "of a scheme"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "derogatory",
        "idiomatic",
        "not-comparable",
        "often"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "get-rich-quick scheme"
      ]
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      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "get-rich-quick"
}

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    {
      "word": "get rich quicker"
    }
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Five companies offering get-rich-quick schemes to property investors have been shut down.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Get-rich-quick email scams are on the increase.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "Claiming to provide large profits quickly, with no realistic chance of success, in order to lure gullible investment victims."
      ],
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          "provide",
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        ],
        [
          "profit",
          "profit"
        ],
        [
          "quickly",
          "quickly"
        ],
        [
          "realistic",
          "realistic"
        ],
        [
          "chance",
          "chance"
        ],
        [
          "success",
          "success"
        ],
        [
          "in order to",
          "in order to"
        ],
        [
          "lure",
          "lure"
        ],
        [
          "gullible",
          "gullible"
        ],
        [
          "investment",
          "investment"
        ],
        [
          "victim",
          "victim"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, often derogatory, of a scheme) Claiming to provide large profits quickly, with no realistic chance of success, in order to lure gullible investment victims."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a scheme"
      ],
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        "derogatory",
        "idiomatic",
        "not-comparable",
        "often"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "get-rich-quick scheme"
      ]
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      "tags": [
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      ],
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  "word": "get-rich-quick"
}

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"get-rich-quick" meaning in English

Adjective