swindle

swindle
I ['swɪndl]
nome truffa f.

a tax swindle — una frode fiscale

II ['swɪndl]
verbo transitivo truffare

to swindle sb. out of sth. — fregare qcs. a qcn

* * *
['swindl] 1. verb
(to cheat: That shopkeeper has swindled me!; He swindled me out of $4.) imbrogliare
2. noun
(an act or example of swindling; a fraud: an insurance swindle; Our new car's a swindle - it's falling to pieces.) imbroglio
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swindle /ˈswɪndl/
n.
1 frode; imbroglio; raggiro; truffa: a big tax swindle, una grossa frode fiscale
2 (fam.) fregatura; bidone (fig.): This gadget is a real swindle, questo aggeggio è una vera fregatura; What a swindle!, che bidone!
● (slang) swindle sheet, nota spese.
(to) swindle /ˈswɪndl/
A v. t.
frodare; imbrogliare; raggirare; truffare; turlupinare
B v. i.
usare la frode (o l'inganno); essere un truffatore
to swindle money out of sb., estorcere denaro a q. con l'inganno; fregare soldi a q. (fam.)
swindler
n.
imbroglione; truffatore; turlupinatore; farabutto; mariolo; bidonista (fam.).
* * *
I ['swɪndl]
nome truffa f.

a tax swindle — una frode fiscale

II ['swɪndl]
verbo transitivo truffare

to swindle sb. out of sth. — fregare qcs. a qcn


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