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hoax somebody into believing something

  • 1 hoax

    1. transitive verb
    anführen (ugs.); foppen; zum besten haben od. halten

    hoax somebody into believing something — jemandem etwas weismachen

    2. noun
    (deception) Schwindel, der; (false report) Falschmeldung, die; Ente, die (ugs.); (practical joke) Streich, der; (false alarm) blinder Alarm
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    [həuks] 1. noun
    (a trick played to deceive people: There wasn't a bomb in the school at all - it was just a hoax.) die Falschmeldung
    2. verb
    (to trick: They found that they had been hoaxed.) foppen,aufziehen
    - academic.ru/117915/play_a_hoax_on">play a hoax on
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    [həʊks, AM hoʊks]
    I. n (deception) Täuschung f; (trick) Trick m; (joke) Streich m; (false alarm) falscher [o blinder] Alarm
    bomb \hoax vorgetäuschte Bombendrohung
    II. adj vorgetäuscht
    \hoax caller jd, der telefonisch falschen Alarm auslöst
    III. vt
    ▪ to \hoax sb jdn [he]reinlegen fam, jdm einen Bären aufbinden fam
    she \hoaxed him into financing the project durch falsche Informationen brachte sie ihn dazu, das Projekt zu finanzieren
    the police were \hoaxed into evacuating the area but there was no bomb die Polizei wurde in die Irre geführt und evakuierte die Gegend, aber es wurde keine Bombe gefunden
    to \hoax sb into believing [or thinking] sth jdm etw weismachen
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    [həʊks]
    1. n
    (= practical joke) Streich m; (= trick etc) Trick m; (= false alarm) blinder Alarm

    to play a hoax on sb — jdm einen Streich spielen vt anführen, hereinlegen (inf)

    we were completely hoaxed — wir ließen uns anführen, wir fielen darauf herein

    2. adj (INTERNET)
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    hoax [həʊks]
    A s
    1. Falschmeldung f, (Zeitungs)Ente f, Schwindel m; (als E-Mail) Hoax n
    2. a) Streich m, (übler) Scherz:
    play a hoax on sb jemandem einen Streich spielen, sich mit jemandem einen Scherz erlauben
    b) blinder Alarm
    B v/t jemandem einen Bären aufbinden umg:
    hoax sb into believing sth jemandem etwas weismachen
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    1. transitive verb
    anführen (ugs.); foppen; zum besten haben od. halten
    2. noun
    (deception) Schwindel, der; (false report) Falschmeldung, die; Ente, die (ugs.); (practical joke) Streich, der; (false alarm) blinder Alarm
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    (newspaper) n.
    Ente -n f.
    Zeitungsente f. n.
    Schabernack m.
    Zeitungsente f. v.
    einen Bären aufbinden ausdr.
    etwas weismachen ausdr.
    foppen v.
    narren v.

    English-german dictionary > hoax

  • 2 estafar

    v.
    to swindle.
    estafó cien millones a la empresa he defrauded the company of a hundred million
    El pillo defraudó a la tienda The thief defrauded the store.
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    1 to swindle, trick, cheat, defraud
    \
    me han estafado familiar I've been done, I've been had
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    verb
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    VT to swindle, defraud, twist *

    estafar algo a algn — to swindle sb out of sth, defraud sb of sth

    ¡me han estafado! — I've been done! *

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    verbo transitivo
    a) (Der) to swindle, defraud

    estafarle algo a alguien — to defraud somebody of something, swindle somebody out of something

    b) (fam) ( timar) to rip... off (colloq), to con (colloq)
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    = cheat (on), defraud, rip off, swindle, shortchange, bilk, humbug, con, hoax.
    Ex. Students who cheat on literature searching, for instance, will not get the full benefit of the course.
    Ex. The librarian wishes to maximise access to information while not defrauding authors and publishers.
    Ex. Thee reader is being ripped off by bookselling chains demanding so-called 'bungs' for prime space.
    Ex. It is evident that the candidates for everlasting youth will be eternally swindled.
    Ex. Banning's decision to hold up Madison and Jefferson as models without discussing in some depth the practical ways in which they politicked shortchanges the reader.
    Ex. With inflated prices, the nagging question was whether consumers were being bilked by the market.
    Ex. More persons, on the whole, are humbugged by believing in nothing than by believing in too much.
    Ex. A number of victims have contacted police after seeing Masterson's mug shot and recognizing him as the man who conned them.
    Ex. He hoaxed the popular media into thinking that he had burnt a million quid for the publicity it would, and has continued to, generate.
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    verbo transitivo
    a) (Der) to swindle, defraud

    estafarle algo a alguien — to defraud somebody of something, swindle somebody out of something

    b) (fam) ( timar) to rip... off (colloq), to con (colloq)
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    = cheat (on), defraud, rip off, swindle, shortchange, bilk, humbug, con, hoax.

    Ex: Students who cheat on literature searching, for instance, will not get the full benefit of the course.

    Ex: The librarian wishes to maximise access to information while not defrauding authors and publishers.
    Ex: Thee reader is being ripped off by bookselling chains demanding so-called 'bungs' for prime space.
    Ex: It is evident that the candidates for everlasting youth will be eternally swindled.
    Ex: Banning's decision to hold up Madison and Jefferson as models without discussing in some depth the practical ways in which they politicked shortchanges the reader.
    Ex: With inflated prices, the nagging question was whether consumers were being bilked by the market.
    Ex: More persons, on the whole, are humbugged by believing in nothing than by believing in too much.
    Ex: A number of victims have contacted police after seeing Masterson's mug shot and recognizing him as the man who conned them.
    Ex: He hoaxed the popular media into thinking that he had burnt a million quid for the publicity it would, and has continued to, generate.

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    estafar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 ( Der) to swindle, defraud estafarle algo A algn to defraud sb OF sth, swindle sb OUT OF sth
    le estafó a la empresa varios millones de pesos he defrauded the company of several million pesos, he swindled the company out of several million pesos
    2 ( fam) (timar) to rip … off ( colloq), to con ( colloq)
    ¡qué manera de estafar a la gente! what a con o rip-off! ( colloq)
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    estafar ( conjugate estafar) verbo transitivo
    a) (Der) to swindle, defraud;

    estafarle algo a algn to defraud sb of sth, swindle sb out of sth
    b) (fam) ( timar) to rip … off (colloq), to con (colloq)

    estafar verbo transitivo to swindle, cheat, trick: estafaron a un pensionista y le dejaron sin sus ahorros, they swindled the pensioner out of his entire savings
    ' estafar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    defraudar
    - timar
    - engañar
    - robar
    English:
    chisel
    - con
    - defraud
    - diddle
    - fiddle
    - rook
    - swindle
    - trick
    - cheat
    - rip
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    1. [timar, robar] to swindle;
    [a empresa, organización] to defraud;
    estafó millones a la empresa he defrauded the company of millions
    2. Fam [cobrar abusivamente] to rip off;
    ¿10.000 por esta camisa? a ti te han estafado 10,000 for that shirt? you've been ripped off o had
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    v/t swindle, cheat;
    estafar algo a alguien cheat s.o. out of sth, defraud s.o. of sth
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    defraudar: to swindle, to defraud
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    estafar vb to swindle

    Spanish-English dictionary > estafar

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