"escroc" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /ɛs.kʁo/, /ɛs.kʁɔ/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Benoît Prieur-escroc.wav Forms: escrocs [plural]
Rhymes: -o, -ɔ Etymology: Borrowed from Italian scrocco, from Old High German *scurgo (attested in Old High German fiurscurgo (“fire-maker, stoker”); modern German Schurke, schüren), from Old High German scurgen. Etymology templates: {{bor+|fr|it|scrocco}} Borrowed from Italian scrocco, {{der|fr|goh|*scurgo}} Old High German *scurgo, {{noncog|goh|fiurscurgo|t=fire-maker, stoker}} Old High German fiurscurgo (“fire-maker, stoker”), {{der|fr|goh|scurgen}} Old High German scurgen Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} escroc m (plural escrocs)
  1. crook (a criminal who steals) Tags: masculine Synonyms: arnaqueur, esquiveur, filou, fourbe, fripon
    Sense id: en-escroc-fr-noun-s~52zaNR
  2. (in stories) baddy (evil character) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-escroc-fr-noun-oiCnlVEE Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 19 81 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 16 84 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: croque-escroc, escroquer, escroquerie, escroqueur, escroqueuse

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "escroqueur"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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          "ref": "1991, Jean-Loup Craipeau, chapter 1, in Pin's panique, Éditions Casterman:",
          "text": "Al Capin’s méritait son nom. Essayer de me vendre, à ce prix, un pin’s de chat ! Parole, en me prenant pour un pigeon, il tombait mal, cet escroc.",
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          "word": "fourbe"
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          "ref": "1838-1847, Honoré de Balzac, Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes, section V:",
          "text": "De tout temps, en effet, la fille, héroïne de tant de vieux romans, fut la protectrice, la compagne, la consolation du grec, du voleur, du tire-laine, du filou, de l’escroc.",
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        "(in stories) baddy (evil character)"
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    "French terms derived from Italian",
    "French terms derived from Old High German",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
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      "word": "escroquer"
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          "ref": "1991, Jean-Loup Craipeau, chapter 1, in Pin's panique, Éditions Casterman:",
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        {
          "word": "arnaqueur"
        },
        {
          "word": "esquiveur"
        },
        {
          "word": "filou"
        },
        {
          "word": "fourbe"
        },
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          "word": "fripon"
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      "ipa": "/ɛs.kʁɔ/"
    },
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      "rhymes": "-o"
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      "rhymes": "-ɔ"
    }
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