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"word": "take for a ride"
}
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"word": "419 scam"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "advance fee scam"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "exit scam"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "love scam"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "Macau scam"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "Nigerian prince scam"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "Nigerian scam"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "ponzi scam"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "Ponzi scam"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "romance scam"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "scam artist"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "what's the scam"
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"3": "",
"4": "swindler, cheater"
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"etymology_text": "US carnival slang of uncertain origin. Possibly from scamp (“swindler, cheater”) or Irish cam (“crooked”). Also possibly from Danish skam; if so, it would be a doublet of shame and sham.\nThe word \"scam\" became common use among the US \"drug culture\" in early 1980 after Operation ABSCAM, an FBI sting operation directed at public officials, became public.",
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{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "That marketing scheme looks like a scam to me.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"A fraudulent deal."
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"fraudulent",
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"word": "deception"
}
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "iḥtiyāl",
"sense": "fraudulent deal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "اِحْتِيَال"
},
{
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"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "cholna",
"sense": "fraudulent deal",
"word": "ছলনা"
},
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nečestna sdelka",
"sense": "fraudulent deal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "нечестна сделка"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
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"roman": "izmáma",
"sense": "fraudulent deal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "fraudulent deal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "estafa"
},
{
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "enredada"
},
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "fraudulent deal",
"word": "詭計"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "guǐjì",
"sense": "fraudulent deal",
"word": "诡计"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "fraudulent deal",
"word": "騙局"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "piànjú",
"sense": "fraudulent deal",
"word": "骗局"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
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"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "fraudulent deal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "podvod"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
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"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "fraudulent deal",
"word": "bondefanger"
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{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "fraudulent deal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "oplichting"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "fraudulent deal",
"word": "deceptie"
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{
"_dis1": "98 2",
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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "fraudulent deal",
"word": "bedrog"
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{
"_dis1": "98 2",
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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "fraudulent deal",
"word": "misleiding"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
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"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "fraudulent deal",
"word": "trompo"
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{
"_dis1": "98 2",
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"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "fraudulent deal",
"word": "friponaĵo"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "fraudulent deal",
"word": "huijaus"
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{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "fraudulent deal",
"word": "vedätys"
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{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "fraudulent deal",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "vilunki"
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{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "fraudulent deal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "entourloupe"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "fraudulent deal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "arnaque"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "fraudulent deal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "escroquerie"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "fraudulent deal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "trucage"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"note": "manipulation f à caractère frauduleux",
"sense": "fraudulent deal"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "fraudulent deal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tour de passe-passe"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "fraudulent deal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tripotage"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "fraudulent deal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "calote"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "fraudulent deal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Betrug"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "fraudulent deal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Beschiss"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "fraudulent deal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Gaunerei"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "fraudulent deal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "fraudulent deal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Trickdiebstahl"
},
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "fraudulent deal",
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"masculine"
],
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"lang": "Greek",
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"sense": "fraudulent deal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "απάτη"
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{
"_dis1": "98 2",
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"sense": "fraudulent deal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "κομπίνα"
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{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "fraudulent deal",
"word": "תרגיל עוקץ"
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{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "honaá",
"sense": "fraudulent deal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "הונאה"
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"roman": "tarmít",
"sense": "fraudulent deal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "תרמית"
},
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"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "fraudulent deal",
"word": "eskroko"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
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"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "fraudulent deal",
"word": "scam"
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"_dis1": "98 2",
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"sense": "fraudulent deal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "fraudulent deal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fregatura"
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{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "fraudulent deal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "truffa"
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"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "fraudulent deal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "imbroglio"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "fraudulent deal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "raggiro"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "fraudulent deal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "inciucio"
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"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "fraudulent deal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tresca"
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"_dis1": "98 2",
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"sense": "fraudulent deal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "intrallazzo"
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"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "it",
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"sense": "fraudulent deal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "macchinazione"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "it",
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"sense": "fraudulent deal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pastetta"
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{
"_dis1": "98 2",
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"sense": "fraudulent deal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bidone"
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{
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"feminine"
],
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "fraudulent deal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "trucco"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
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"sense": "fraudulent deal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "frode"
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"_dis1": "98 2",
"alt": "さぎ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "sagi",
"sense": "fraudulent deal",
"word": "詐欺"
},
{
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"lang": "Kabuverdianu",
"sense": "fraudulent deal",
"word": "kanbalaxu"
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"_dis1": "98 2",
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"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "kaa baok prah",
"sense": "fraudulent deal",
"word": "ការបោកប្រាស់"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
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"roman": "krooŋ kaa kbɑt",
"sense": "fraudulent deal",
"word": "គ្រោងការក្បត់"
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"sense": "fraudulent deal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"_dis1": "98 2",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "дала́вера"
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"_dis1": "98 2",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "ду́бара"
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{
"_dis1": "98 2",
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"sense": "fraudulent deal",
"word": "bondefangeri"
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"_dis1": "98 2",
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"sense": "fraudulent deal",
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"sense": "fraudulent deal",
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"word": "golpe"
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"sense": "fraudulent deal",
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"code": "pt",
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"word": "embrulhada"
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"_dis1": "98 2",
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"sense": "fraudulent deal",
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"_dis1": "98 2",
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"sense": "fraudulent deal",
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"word": "falcatrua"
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"_dis1": "98 2",
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"word": "ਸਕੈਮ"
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"_dis1": "98 2",
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"_dis1": "98 2",
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"_dis1": "98 2",
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"_dis1": "98 2",
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"_dis1": "98 2",
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"_dis1": "98 2",
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"sense": "fraudulent deal",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "petardo"
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"_dis1": "98 2",
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"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "fraudulent deal",
"word": "lurendrejeri"
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{
"_dis1": "98 2",
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"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "fraudulent deal",
"word": "dolandırma"
}
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"text": "That new diet burger is a scam.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "fraudulent deal",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "bidonata"
},
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "fraudulent deal",
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],
"word": "trucco"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "fraudulent deal",
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],
"word": "frode"
},
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"roman": "sagi",
"sense": "fraudulent deal",
"word": "詐欺"
},
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"code": "kea",
"lang": "Kabuverdianu",
"sense": "fraudulent deal",
"word": "kanbalaxu"
},
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"code": "km",
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"roman": "kaa baok prah",
"sense": "fraudulent deal",
"word": "ការបោកប្រាស់"
},
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"roman": "krooŋ kaa kbɑt",
"sense": "fraudulent deal",
"word": "គ្រោងការក្បត់"
},
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"code": "mk",
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"sense": "fraudulent deal",
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"feminine"
],
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"word": "дала́вера"
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"sense": "fraudulent deal",
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"sense": "fraudulent deal",
"word": "bondefangeri"
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"sense": "fraudulent deal",
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"masculine"
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"word": "Schwindel"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "fraudulent deal",
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"word": "oszustwo"
},
{
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "fraudulent deal",
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"word": "przekręt"
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"code": "pl",
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],
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "fraudulent deal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "golpe"
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{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "fraudulent deal",
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],
"word": "calote"
},
{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "fraudulent deal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "embrulhada"
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{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "fraudulent deal",
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"feminine"
],
"word": "fraude"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "fraudulent deal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "falcatrua"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "fraudulent deal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "logro"
},
{
"code": "pa",
"lang": "Punjabi",
"roman": "sakaim",
"sense": "fraudulent deal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ਸਕੈਮ"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "aféra",
"sense": "fraudulent deal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "афе́ра"
},
{
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "žúlʹničestvo",
"sense": "fraudulent deal",
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"neuter"
],
"word": "жу́льничество"
},
{
"code": "ru",
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"sense": "fraudulent deal",
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"neuter"
],
"word": "моше́нничество"
},
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"english": "partly",
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"sense": "fraudulent deal",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "обма́н"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "naduvátelʹstvo",
"sense": "fraudulent deal",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "надува́тельство"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "fraudulent deal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "estafa"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "fraudulent deal",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "timo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "fraudulent deal",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "engaño"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "fraudulent deal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "fraudulent deal",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "chanchullo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "fraudulent deal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tejemaneje"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "fraudulent deal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "petardo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "fraudulent deal",
"word": "lurendrejeri"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "fraudulent deal",
"word": "dolandırma"
}
],
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "iḥtāla",
"sense": "to defraud or embezzle",
"word": "اِحْتَالَ"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to defraud or embezzle",
"word": "atmaq"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "mamja",
"sense": "to defraud or embezzle",
"word": "мамя"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to defraud or embezzle",
"word": "estafar"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to defraud or embezzle",
"word": "欺詐"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "qīzhà",
"sense": "to defraud or embezzle",
"word": "欺诈"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to defraud or embezzle",
"word": "騙局"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "piànjú",
"sense": "to defraud or embezzle",
"word": "骗局"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to defraud or embezzle",
"word": "詐騙"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhàpiàn",
"sense": "to defraud or embezzle",
"word": "诈骗"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to defraud or embezzle",
"word": "oplichten"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to defraud or embezzle",
"word": "vedättää"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to defraud or embezzle",
"word": "huijata"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to defraud or embezzle",
"word": "entourlouper"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to defraud or embezzle",
"word": "arnaquer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to defraud or embezzle",
"word": "betrügen"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "honá",
"sense": "to defraud or embezzle",
"word": "הונה"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "rimá",
"sense": "to defraud or embezzle",
"word": "רימה"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to defraud or embezzle",
"word": "truffare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to defraud or embezzle",
"word": "imbrogliare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to defraud or embezzle",
"word": "raggirare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to defraud or embezzle",
"word": "fregare"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "sii cʰɑɑ",
"sense": "to defraud or embezzle",
"word": "ស៊ីឆ"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "cʰəy-cʰɑɑ",
"sense": "to defraud or embezzle",
"word": "ឆីឆ"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "baok prah",
"sense": "to defraud or embezzle",
"word": "បោកប្រាស់"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "ízmami",
"sense": "to defraud or embezzle",
"tags": [
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"word": "и́змами"
},
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"code": "mk",
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"roman": "mámi",
"sense": "to defraud or embezzle",
"tags": [
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"word": "ма́ми"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to defraud or embezzle",
"word": "aplicar um golpe"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to defraud or embezzle",
"word": "lograr"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obmányvatʹ",
"sense": "to defraud or embezzle",
"word": "обма́нывать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kidátʹ",
"sense": "to defraud or embezzle",
"word": "кида́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to defraud or embezzle",
"word": "estafar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to defraud or embezzle",
"word": "timar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to defraud or embezzle",
"word": "lura"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to defraud or embezzle",
"tags": [
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"word": "scama"
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{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to defraud or embezzle",
"word": "dolandırmak"
}
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"word": "scam"
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