crooks

pæk
1. сущ.
1) а) пакет, пачка;
вьюк, кипа, связка pack paper ≈ оберточная бумага б) воен. выкладка, ранец, снаряжение I hid my money in my pack. ≈ Я спрятал деньги в своем ранце/мешке. в) пачка (сигарет), колода (карт) pack of cards ≈ колода карт г) коммерч. кипа (мера веса)
2) а) масса, множество The club will send a free information pack. ≈ Клуб вышлет бесплатный пакет информации. pack of lies ≈ сплошная ложь Syn: heap б) количество заготовленных в течение сезона консервов (овощных, фруктовых, мясных и т. п.)
3) упаковывание
4) а) свора( гончих) ;
стая( волков и т. п.) wolf pack ≈ стая волков б) группа;
банда, шайка pack of thieves ≈ шайка воров Sol was the leader of the pack. ≈ Сол руководил бандой. moneyed pack ≈ кучка богачей pack of crooks ≈ банда жуликов
5) сжатая, компактная масса;
паковый лед Syn: pack-ice
6) мед. тампон
7) косметическая маска
8) горн. закладка
9) строит. бутовая кладка
2. гл.
1) а) упаковывать, запаковывать, укладывать вещи;
тюковать (часто pack up) to pack papers into an envelope ≈ засунуть бумаги в конверт I'll go home and pack. ≈ Я пойду домой и уложу вещи. б) упаковывать тщательно, безопасно glasses packed for shipment ≈ стекло, упакованное для отправки по морю в) упаковываться, укладываться
2) (легко) укладываться, (хорошо) поддаваться упаковке a knit dress packs well ≈ вязаное платье хорошо упаковывается
3) консервировать Machines now exist to pack olives in jars. ≈ Теперь есть машины, которые консервируют оливки.
4) а) заполнять, набивать, переполнять (тж. pack out) Fans packed the stadium. ≈ Фанаты заполнили стадион. Thousands of people packed into the mosque. ≈ Тысячи людей набились в мечеть. б) собираться, скопляться Syn: congregate
5) а) сворить (гончих) б) собираться стаями (о волках и т. п.)
6) нагружать;
навьючивать to pack a mule ≈ нагрузить мула
7) перевозить багаж;
передвигаться с багажом
8) мед. завертывать в мокрые простыни (пациента)
9) мед. тампонировать ∙ pack away pack down pack in pack off pack up pack it up! груб. ≈ (по) придержи язык! pack a thing up
3. прил.
1) упаковочный pack paper ≈ упаковочная бумага Syn: packing
2) вьючный( о животном) тюк;
связка, узел;
вьюк пакет;
упаковка;
кипа - a * of books пачка книг пачка - a * of cigarettes пачка сигарет короб( коммерческое) кипа (ка мера) (военное) снаряжение, выкладка;
ранец свора;
стая - a * of hounds свора гончих - a * of wolves стая волков группа;
кучка - a * of schoolboys группа школьников - moneyed * кучка богачей - a * of submarines( военное) (разговорное) подразделение подводных лодок банда - a * of thieves шайка воров множество, масса - a * of lies сплошная ложь паковый лед, пак - arctic * арктический лед - close * сплошной паковый лед количество заготовленных за сезон фруктов, овощей;
сезонная выработка рыбных и мясных консервов комплект клепки (карточное) колода (медицина) обертывание в мокрые простыни (медицина) простыня для обертывания (медицина) тампон косметическая маска из вяжущих веществ (строительство) бутовая кладка;
набивка( горное) закладка;
породная стенка;
костер, заполненный породой цементирующее средство, карбюризатор( техническое) набивка (сальника), уплотнение( техническое) узел, блок( спортивное) нападающие (в регби) > to keep ahead of the * in smth. опережать других в чем-либо упаковывать, запаковывать, укладывать вещи - to * furniture упаковывать мебель - to * clothes into a trunk укладывать платье в чемодан - to * a trunk with clothes укладывать чемодан укладываться (тж. * up) - let's better * today давайте лучше уложимся сегодня - to * one's bags собраться, подготовиться к отъезду убирать, упаковывать (тж. * away) - * away your books, it's time for break убирайте книги, перерыв! тюковать поддаваться упаковке, легко укладываться (тж. * up) консервировать заполнять, набивать, переполнять (тж. * out) - the audience *ed the theatre зрители заполнили театр - the harbour was *ed with craft гавань была забита судами - the book is *ed with facts книга насыщена фактами - a passage *ed with meaning важный абзац набиваться, скучиваться (тж. * up) - people were *ed up like sardines народу набилось как сельдей в бочке - people were *ed in tents людей разместили по палаткам собирать карты в колоду навьючивать (лошадь) ехать или идти с багажом;
перевозить багаж - it isn't fun to * along the trail не очень-то весело тащиться с тяжелым багажом (разговорное) таскать, носить при себе - to * a watch носить часы - to * a gun носить при себе оружие - I had to * my hat in my hand мне пришлось таскать шляпу в руке (сленг) наносить сильный удар;
быть в состоянии нанести удар сворить (гончих) собираться стаями (о волках, птицах) укатывать, прикатывть;
уплотнять - ice was *ed лед был очень плотным уплотняться, трамбоваться - sand *s and becomes hard песок уплотняется и становится твердым затыкать, законопачивать - to * a leaking joint законопатить течь, вогнать набивку в паз консервировать (мясо, фрукты) (медицина) тампонировать оборачивать, окутывать - to * a joint of a water-pipe уплотнить соединение водопроводной трубы( медицина) завертывать (пациента) в мокрые простыни (горное) закладывать выработку (химическое) заполнять насадкой, насаживать > to * on all sail идти на всех парусах > to * a big punch( военное) (жаргон) нести мощное вооружение, обладать большой мощностью заполнять своими сторонниками (собрание) ;
создавать численный перевес своих сторонников (на собрании) тенденциозно подбирать состав присяжных (для вынесения противозаконного решения) (устаревшее) подтасовывать карты bonus ~ премия в виде скидки с цены disk ~ вчт. пакет дисков economy size ~ наиболее экономичный размер партии maternity ~ набор необходимых для роженицы предметов ~ группа;
банда;
moneyed pack кучка богачей;
pack of crooks банда жуликов pack = pack-ice ~ вчт. блок ~ стр. бутовая кладка ~ вьюк ~ группа;
банда;
moneyed pack кучка богачей;
pack of crooks банда жуликов ~ мед. завертывать в (мокрые) простыни (пациента) ;
pack off выпроваживать, прогонять ~ горн. закладка ~ заполнять, набивать, переполнять (пространство, with) ~ заполнять своими сторонниками (собрание, съезд и т. п.) ;
подбирать состав присяжных (для вынесения противозаконного решения) ~ ком. кипа (мера веса) ~ кипа ~ количество заготовленных в течение сезона консервов (рыбных, фруктовых) ~ количество консервов, произведенных в течение сезона ~ колода (карт) ~ вчт. колода ~ консервировать ~ консервировать ~ множество, масса;
pack of lies сплошная ложь ~ навьючивать (лошадь) ~ пакет, пачка;
связка, кипа, вьюк ~ вчт. пакет ~ пакет ~ пачка ~ производить консервы ~ свора (гончих) ;
стая (волков и т. п.) ;
pack of submarines воен. подразделение подводных лодок ~ сворить (гончих) ~ связка ~ воен. снаряжение, выкладка, ранец ~ собираться стаями (о волках) ~ мед. тампон ~ (легко) укладываться, (хорошо) поддаваться упаковке ~ упаковать ~ упаковка ~ упаковывать(ся), запаковывать(ся), укладывать вещи;
тюковать (часто pack up) ~ упаковывать ~ уплотнять(ся), скучивать(ся) ~ up разг. умереть;
to send (smb.) packing выпроводить, прогнать( кого-л.) ;
to pack a thing up покончить( с чем-л.) ;
pack it up! груб. (по) придержи язык! ~ attr. вьючный ~ attr. упаковочный;
pack paper оберточная бумага ~ up разг. умереть;
to send (smb.) packing выпроводить, прогнать (кого-л.) ;
to pack a thing up покончить (с чем-л.) ;
pack it up! груб. (по) придержи язык! ~ группа;
банда;
moneyed pack кучка богачей;
pack of crooks банда жуликов ~ множество, масса;
pack of lies сплошная ложь ~ свора (гончих) ;
стая (волков и т. п.) ;
pack of submarines воен. подразделение подводных лодок ~ мед. завертывать в (мокрые) простыни (пациента) ;
pack off выпроваживать, прогонять ~ attr. упаковочный;
pack paper оберточная бумага ~ up разг. испортиться, выйти из строя( о механизме) ~ up разг. прекращать( работу и т. п.) ~ up разг. умереть;
to send (smb.) packing выпроводить, прогнать (кого-л.) ;
to pack a thing up покончить (с чем-л.) ;
pack it up! груб. (по) придержи язык! ~ up разг. упаковывать(ся) pack = pack-ice pack-ice: pack-ice паковый лед, пак ~ up разг. умереть;
to send (smb.) packing выпроводить, прогнать (кого-л.) ;
to pack a thing up покончить (с чем-л.) ;
pack it up! груб. (по) придержи язык! send: to ~ (smb.) packing (или flying), to ~ (smb.) to the rightabout прогнать, выпроводить (кого-л.)

Gau|ner ['gaunɐ] rogue, rascal, scoundrel; (= Betrüger) crook; (hum inf = Schelm auch) scamp, scallywag (Brit infinf = gerissener Kerl) cunning devil (inf), sly customer (inf)

Gau|ner|ban|de bunch of rogues or rascals or scoundrels/crooks; (hum Kinder auch) bunch of scamps or scallywags (Brit inf) or rascals

[malaf'fare] [malaf'fare]

Ver|brẹ|cher [fEɐ'brɛçɐ] [-ərɪn] criminal

[kruk] 1. noun 2. verb - crookedly
- crookedness [kruk] 1. noun 2. verb - crookedly
- crookedness

asesino, -a I II I II

Ex: The article 'The coming of the killers' reports the impact of the chain superstore on independent booksellers in the USA.

Ex: The librarian describes the pressure she and her staff underwent to reveal information on the murderer's borrowing habits.

Ex: This is a collection of articles on the theme: Books for children with murderous, shocking, menacing endings.

Ex: The problem of battered & physically abused children, mistreated by their parents or guardians, raises the question as to whether we are all assassins.

Ex: Most innkeepers were crooks, the food was bad, and the inns were frequented by cutthroats and drunks.

* asesino a sueldo = hatchetman, hired assassin, hired gun, hit man.

* asesino con hacha = axe murderer.

* asesino de masas = mass murderer.

* asesino en serie = serial killer.

* asesino múltiple = serial killer.

 

Del verbo asesinar: ( conjugate asesinar)

asesino es:


asesinó es:


Multiple Entries:
asesinar    
asesino    
asesinó
asesinar ( conjugate asesinar) verbo transitivo
to murder;
( por razones políticas) to assassinate
asesino


‹ animal› killer ( before n)
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
murderer;
( por razones políticas) assassin;

asesino en serie serial killer
asesinar verbo transitivo to murder
(perpetrar un magnicidio) to assassinate
En general, la acción (verbo) y el hecho (sustantivo) son murder, mientras a la persona la llamamos murderer. Sin embargo, cuando nos referimos al magnicidio, la acción es assassinate, el hecho es assassination y la persona es assassin.
asesino,-a
I adjetivo murderous
II sustantivo masculino y femenino killer
(hombre) murderer
(mujer) murderess
(magnicida) assassin

' asesino' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
asesina
- cepillarse
- foto robot
- fotorrobot
- pista
- potencia
- responder
- serie
- supuesta
- supuesto
- descuartizar
- presunto
- suelto
English:
assassin
- cutthroat
- dismember
- do away with
- execute
- hired gun
- killer
- motive
- murder
- murderer
- murderous
- nightmare
- of
- poison
- serial killer
- butcher
- contract
- hit
- homicidal
- serial
- suspect
[de persona] murderer, f murderess, killer; [de rey, jefe de Estado] assassin asesino profesional professional killer;

beodo, -a I II I II

Ex: Is it not against the law to release a drunk back into society who may be still under the infuence?.

Ex: New research published today finds that even having just one stiff drink can make you ' blind drunk'.

beodo

■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (frml o hum) drunkard, toper (liter o hum)

' beodo' also found in these entries:
English:
drunkard
- inebriated
fml

1. (f. - borracha)

adj.

drunk

2. (f. - borracha)

noun

drunk, drunkard

* * *

borracho, -a

1. ADJ

1) [persona]

está borracho — he's drunk

es muy borracho — he's a drunkard, he's a heavy drinker

- estar borracho como una cuba

2) (=poseído) drunk, blind (de with)

3) (Culin) [bizcocho] tipsy ( soaked in liqueur o spirit); [fruta] marinated

4) [de color] violet

2.

SM / F drunkard, drunk

* * *

I

- cha adjetivo

a) [estar] drunk

borracho de gloria/poder — drunk with glory/power

b) [ser]

es muy borracho — he is a drunkard o a heavy drinker

II

- cha masculino, femenino drunk; ( habitual) drunkard, drunk

* * *

= intoxicated, drunken, drunkard, under the influence, sauced up, wino, drunk.

Nota: Nombre y adjetivo.

Ex. A few days ago, our library director was hit by a car driven by an intoxicated driver and suffered severe injuries.

Ex. Women suffragists reaped an unexpected publicity bonanza when the 1913 national suffrage parade in Washington was broken up by a drunken mob.

Ex. The writer discusses the designation of Jesus as a 'glutton and a drunkard'.

Ex. He was being held without bail after his fifth arrest for operating under the influence.

Ex. And because beer and wine are so expensive at the stadium, many of these fans are coming to the games already sauced up from tailgate drinking.

Ex. These indigents, known to the public as tramps & skid row winos, are very visible & more likely to be arrested for drunkenness & other petty offenses than a person with a permanent home.

Ex. Most innkeepers were crooks, the food was bad, and the inns were frequented by cutthroats and drunks.

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* borracho callejero = wino.

* borracho como una cuba = pissed as a newt, pissed as a lord, drunk back, blind drunk.

* conductor borracho = drink-driver.

* estar borracho = be drunk, see + double.

* estar completamente borracho = be drunk and incapable.

* fiesta de borrachos = drunken party.

* más borracho que una cuba = as drunk as a lord, as drunk as a skunk, as drunk as a newt.

* tan borracho como una cuba = as drunk as a newt, as drunk as a lord, as drunk as a skunk.

* * *

I

- cha adjetivo

a) [estar] drunk

borracho de gloria/poder — drunk with glory/power

b) [ser]

es muy borracho — he is a drunkard o a heavy drinker

II

- cha masculino, femenino drunk; ( habitual) drunkard, drunk

* * *

= intoxicated, drunken, drunkard, under the influence, sauced up, wino, drunk.

Nota: Nombre y adjetivo.

Ex: A few days ago, our library director was hit by a car driven by an intoxicated driver and suffered severe injuries.

Ex: Women suffragists reaped an unexpected publicity bonanza when the 1913 national suffrage parade in Washington was broken up by a drunken mob.

Ex: The writer discusses the designation of Jesus as a 'glutton and a drunkard'.

Ex: He was being held without bail after his fifth arrest for operating under the influence.

Ex: And because beer and wine are so expensive at the stadium, many of these fans are coming to the games already sauced up from tailgate drinking.

Ex: These indigents, known to the public as tramps & skid row winos, are very visible & more likely to be arrested for drunkenness & other petty offenses than a person with a permanent home.

Ex: Most innkeepers were crooks, the food was bad, and the inns were frequented by cutthroats and drunks.

* borracho callejero = wino.

* borracho como una cuba = pissed as a newt, pissed as a lord, drunk back, blind drunk.

* conductor borracho = drink-driver.

* estar borracho = be drunk, see + double.

* estar completamente borracho = be drunk and incapable.

* fiesta de borrachos = drunken party.

* más borracho que una cuba = as drunk as a lord, as drunk as a skunk, as drunk as a newt.

* tan borracho como una cuba = as drunk as a newt, as drunk as a lord, as drunk as a skunk.

* * *

borracho¹ - cha

adjective

1 [ ESTAR] drunk

borracho de gloria/poder/éxito drunk with glory/power/success

2 [ SER]:

es muy borracho he is a drunkard o a heavy drinker

borracho² - cha

masculine, feminine

drunk; (habitual) drunkard, drunk

* * *

 

borracho

◊ - cha adjetivo

a) [estar] drunk

b) [ser]:

◊ es muy borracho he is a drunkard o a heavy drinker

■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
drunk;
( habitual) drunkard, drunk
borracho,-a
I adjetivo
1 (ebrio) drunk
estar borracho, to be drunk
2 (bizcocho, pastel) with rum
II sustantivo masculino y femenino drunkard, drunk
' borracho' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
borracha
- ebria
- ebrio
- gatas
- más
- puesta
- puesto
- agravante
- ahogado
- bebido
- chupado
- colocado
- curado
- curda
- despejar
- embriagado
- jalado
- mamado
- perdido
- sobrio
English:
as
- blind
- blunder
- bombed
- boozed up
- drunk
- drunkard
- drunken
- intoxicated
- loaded
- obviously
- paralytic
- pissed
- plastered
- sloshed
- smashed
- sober
- splash about
- sway
- tight
- well

* * *

borracho, -a

♦ adj

1. [ebrio] drunk;

Comp

Fam

borracho como una cuba blind drunk;

Comp

Fam

¡ni borracho! (absolutely) no way!;

¡no lo haría ni borracho! there's no way you'd get me doing that!

2. [emocionado]

borracho de [poder, éxito] drunk o intoxicated with;

está borracho de ideas he's overflowing with ideas;

estaba borracho de alegría he was wild with joy

♦ nm,f

[persona] drunk

♦ nm

[bizcocho] = sponge cake soaked in alcohol, ≈ baba (au rhum), Br rum baba

* * *

borracho

I adj drunk;

borracho de poder drunk with power

II m, borracha f drunk

* * *

borracho, - cha adj

ebrio: drunk, intoxicated

borracho, - cha n

: drunk, drunkard

* * *

borracho adj n drunk

Ex: Women suffragists reaped an unexpected publicity bonanza when the 1913 national suffrage parade in Washington was broken up by a drunken mob.

Ex: He was being held without bail after his fifth arrest for operating under the influence.

Ex: Most innkeepers were crooks, the food was bad, and the inns were frequented by cutthroats and drunks.

ebrio,

ebrio,-a adjetivo
1 (borracho) drunk
2 (apasionado) estaban ebrios de venganza, they were bent on revenge

' ebrio' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bebida
- bebido
- borracha
- borracho
- ebria
- sanción
- soplada
- soplado
- tomada
- tomado
English:
intoxicated
- inebriated
Formal Esp

Ex: Whilst telematics for Africa is full of snares, it is the way towards the road to mastery in the future.

Ex: The NCC argue that the three other rights established over the last three centuries -- civil, political and social -- are 'liable to be hollow shams' without the consequent right to information.

Ex: This article examines several controversial cataloguing problems, including the classification of anti-Semitic works and books proven to be forgeries or hoaxes.

Ex: The article has the title 'Policing fraud and deceit: the legal aspects of misconduct in scientific enquiry'.

Ex: Citing authors' names in references can cause great difficulties, as ghosts, subterfuges, and collaborative teamwork may often obscure the true begetters of published works.

Ex: Unless universal education is nothing more than a confidence trick, there must be more people today who can benefit by real library service than ever there were in the past.

Ex: Furthermore, deception is common when subjects use e-mail and chat rooms.

Ex: The article 'Online scams, swindles, frauds and rip-offs' lists some of the most better known Internet frauds of recent times.

Ex: The article 'Online scams, swindles, frauds and rip-offs' lists some of the most better known Internet frauds of recent times.

Ex: The swindling & deception the immigrants encountered often preyed on their Zionist ideology & indeed, some of the crooks were Jewish themselves.

Ex: The author discerns 3 levels of cheating and deceit and examines why scientists stoop to bias and fraud, particularly in trials for new treatments.

Ex: The final section of her paper calls attention to the ' hocus pocus' research conducted on many campuses.

Ex: Who was the mastermind of the Watergate caper & for what purpose has never been revealed.

Ex: In fact, the terms of the contrast are highly ambivalent: order vs. anarchy, liberty vs. despotism, or industry vs. sloth, and also dissimulation vs. honesty.

Ex: This paper reports a study based on an eight-week period of participant observation of a particular form of resistance, fiddles.

Ex: It is sometimes thought that a woman's trickery compensates for her physical weakness.

Ex: The most dramatic way to spot a bluff is to look your opponent in the eye and attempt to sense his fear.

Ex: The social contract has been the con trick by which the bosses have squeezed more and more out of the workers for themselves.

Ex: He has long argued that populist conservatism is nothing more than a con.

Ex: The global warming hoax had all the classic marks of a con job from the very beginning.

* autoengaño = self-deception.

* conducir a engaño = be misleading, be deceiving.

* conseguir mediante engaño = bluff + Posesivo + way into.

* entrar mediante engaño = bluff + Posesivo + way into.

* llevar a engaño = be misleading, be deceiving.

 

Del verbo engañar: ( conjugate engañar)

engaño es:


engañó es:


Multiple Entries:
engañar    
engaño    
engañó
engañar ( conjugate engañar) verbo transitivo


tú a mí no me engañas you can't fool me;
lo engañó haciéndole creer que … she deceived him into thinking that …;
engaño a algn para que haga algo to trick sb into doing sth


engañarse verbo pronominal ( refl) ( mentirse) to deceive oneself, kid oneself (colloq)
engaño sustantivo masculino



engañar
I verbo transitivo
1 to deceive, mislead
2 (mentir) to lie: no me engañes, ese no es tu coche, you can't fool me, this isn't your car
3 (la sed, el hambre, el sueño) comeremos un poco para engañar el hambre, we'll eat a bit to keep the wolf from the door
4 (timar) to cheat, trick
5 (ser infiel) to be unfaithful to
II verbo intransitivo to be deceptive: parece pequeña, pero engaña, it looks small, but it's deceptive
engaño sustantivo masculino
1 (mentira, trampa) deception, swindle
(estafa) fraud
(infidelidad) unfaithfulness
2 (ilusión, equivocación) delusion: deberías sacarle del engaño, you should tell him the truth
♦ Locuciones: llamarse a engaño, to claim that one has been duped
' engaño' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
engañarse
- farsa
- maña
- montaje
- tramar
- trampear
- coba
- descubrir
- desengañar
- engañar
- tapadera
- tranza
English:
deceit
- deception
- delusion
- double-cross
- game
- guile
- impersonation
- put over
- ride
- sham
- unfaithful
- hoax
[lamentarse] to claim to have been misled;

Ex: The article 'Online scams, swindles, frauds and rip-offs' lists some of the most better known Internet frauds of recent times.

Ex: The article 'Online scams, swindles, frauds and rip-offs' lists some of the most better known Internet frauds of recent times.

Ex: The swindling & deception the immigrants encountered often preyed on their Zionist ideology & indeed, some of the crooks were Jewish themselves.

Ex: The author discerns 3 levels of cheating and deceit and examines why scientists stoop to bias and fraud, particularly in trials for new treatments.

Ex: He was a cold-blooded killer, cardsharp, gambler and a consumptive who also ran several confidence scams.

Ex: The social contract has been the con trick by which the bosses have squeezed more and more out of the workers for themselves.

Ex: He has long argued that populist conservatism is nothing more than a con.

Ex: The global warming hoax had all the classic marks of a con job from the very beginning.

* estafa comercial = business scam.

 

Del verbo estafar: ( conjugate estafar)

estafa es:



Multiple Entries:
estafa    
estafar
estafa sustantivo femenino


estafar ( conjugate estafar) verbo transitivo

estafale algo a algn to defraud sb of sth, swindle sb out of sth

estafa sustantivo femenino swindle: lo encontraron culpable de estafa, he was found guilty of fraud
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
' estafa' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cambiazo
- camelo
- engaño
- timo
- robo
English:
cheat
- con
- fraud
- rip-off
- scam
- show up
- swindle
- confidence
[a empresa, organización] fraud;

SM / F

Ex: The swindling & deception the immigrants encountered often preyed on their Zionist ideology & indeed, some of the crooks were Jewish themselves.

Ex: The title of the book is 'Net crimes & misdemeanors: outmaneuvering the spammers, swindlers, and stalkers who are targeting you online'.

Ex: Intenrnet also enables enterprising would-be cheaters to cut and paste material for easy and relatively thought-free composition of essay assignments.

Ex: The article 'Keeping fraudsters in check' describes computerized systems now being developed to help combat fraud.

Ex: Phishing (also known as phising or carding) is the practice whereby a scammer who is pretending to be from a legitimate organisation, sends misleading emails requesting personal and financial details from unsuspecting people.

Ex: This type of relgion is a cuckoo in the nest that, in the name of secular society and pluralism, is pushing out all other gods.

Ex: This unlikely threesome of a con artist, a hit man, and an idiot find themselves in deep water when their heist doesn't go off as planned.

Ex: Small business operators can be easy prey for scamsters trying to winkle out money for unsolicited - and unneeded - 'services'.

Ex: You know what they say, if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it must be a duck, or in this case, a lying, stealing, cheating fraud.

Ex: In a subsequent call the hoaxer suggested that another bomb had been planted on the highway leading to the airport.

estafador



estafador,-ora sustantivo masculino y femenino swindler, con man: era un estafador sin escrúpulos, he was an unscrupulous con man
' estafador' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
estafadora
- gancho
- granuja
- mangante
- sinvergüenza
English:
cheat
- con man
- rope in
- shark
- swindler
- con
- hustler
[timador] swindler; [de empresa, organización] fraudster

Ex: The forest, therefore, is regarded as the abode of robbers & sundry miscreants, implying its relation to the forces of chaos & disorder.

Ex: The father, Old Brightwell, curses his daughter, Jane, for preferring the love of the smooth-tongued villain, Grandley, to that of her own parents.

Ex: He acused politicians of 'losing the plot' on crime as the 'thriving yob culture' of hooligans and tearaways terrorise the streets.

Ex: It is routine for people to complain about the 'hordes of lager louts' who turn city centres into 'no-go areas'.

Ex: The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.

Ex: Victorian photographs of social commentary ranged from the pseudo-sentimental slum urchins of Oscar Rejlander to the stark honest portrayal of the horrible conditions of the Glascow slums by Thomas Annan.

Ex: This is a film that that will melt hearts of stone, with its cast of scruffy urchins who learn both song and life lessons under the tutelage of a paternalistic mentor at a grim boarding school for 'difficult' boys.

Ex: Many New York citizens blamed the street arabs for crime and violence in the city and wanted them placed in orphan homes or prisons.

Ex: And although they may pose themselves as very religious, they are simply rascals.

Ex: In other words, we either have morons or thugs running the White House -- or perhaps one moron, one thug, and a smattering of scalawags in between.

Ex: In all truth, it must be said that this howling, hissing, foot-scraping body of young rapscallions found some cause for complaint.

Ex: Not only that, but this cad has also convinced them she is losing her faculties.

Ex: He was looking affably at the two dubious ragamuffins and, moreover, even making inviting gestures to them.

Ex: The coroner said she had died not from drowning, but from being abused and murdered by a gang of ruffians.

Ex: Gangs of hoodlums, aged as young as eight, are roaming the streets terrorising store owners and shoppers in broad daylight.

Ex: In German law it is a criminal offense for A to insult B, for example, by calling him a swine.

Ex: He was waiting for the opportunity to unleash his fury, no one calls him a pig and gets away with it.

granuja sustantivo masculino y femenino
rascal
granuja sustantivo masculino
1 (pícaro) urchin
2 (estafador, truhán) swindler
' granuja' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bandida
- bandido
- pájaro
- sinvergüenza
- canalla
- pajarraco
- rufián
English:
rascal
- rogue