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fiddles

  • 1 chanchullo

    m.
    1 fiddle, racket (informal).
    2 underhanded transaction, put-up job, shady deal, shady business.
    * * *
    1 familiar fiddle, wangle, racket
    \
    tener chanchullos familiar to be on the fiddle
    * * *
    masculino (fam) racket (colloq), fiddle (BrE colloq)
    * * *
    = scam, confidence scam, fiddle, bung.
    Ex. The article 'Online scams, swindles, frauds and rip-offs' lists some of the most better known Internet frauds of recent times.
    Ex. He was a cold-blooded killer, cardsharp, gambler and a consumptive who also ran several confidence scams.
    Ex. This paper reports a study based on an eight-week period of participant observation of a particular form of resistance, fiddles.
    Ex. Thee reader is being ripped off by bookselling chains demanding so-called ' bungs' for prime space.
    ----
    * hacer chanchullos = fiddle.
    * * *
    masculino (fam) racket (colloq), fiddle (BrE colloq)
    * * *
    = scam, confidence scam, fiddle, bung.

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

    Ex: He was a cold-blooded killer, cardsharp, gambler and a consumptive who also ran several confidence scams.
    Ex: This paper reports a study based on an eight-week period of participant observation of a particular form of resistance, fiddles.
    Ex: Thee reader is being ripped off by bookselling chains demanding so-called ' bungs' for prime space.
    * hacer chanchullos = fiddle.

    * * *
    ( fam)
    racket ( colloq), fiddle ( BrE colloq)
    está metido en no sé qué chanchullos he's involved in all kinds of fiddles o rackets ( colloq)
    * * *

    chanchullo sustantivo masculino (fam) racket (colloq), fiddle (BrE colloq)
    chanchullo sustantivo masculino familiar (negocio turbio) fiddle, swindle
    ' chanchullo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    destaparse
    English:
    fiddle
    - racket
    - hustle
    * * *
    Fam swindle, racket, esp Br fiddle;
    siempre anda metido en chanchullos he's always got some racket going, esp Br he's always on the fiddle;
    hicieron un chanchullo para evitar pagar they worked some scam o Br fiddle to avoid paying
    * * *
    m fam
    trick, scam fam ;
    hacer un chanchullo do a dodgy deal fam, do some shady business
    * * *
    chanchullo nm, fam : shady deal, scam

    Spanish-English dictionary > chanchullo

  • 2 destilería ilegal

    Ex. He provides a wealth of information about Texas life on everything from making fiddles, to running bloodhounds, to finding moonshine stills.
    * * *

    Ex: He provides a wealth of information about Texas life on everything from making fiddles, to running bloodhounds, to finding moonshine stills.

    Spanish-English dictionary > destilería ilegal

  • 3 engaño

    m.
    1 deceit, deception, trickery, cheating.
    2 lie, hoax, trick, take-in.
    3 fraudulence, deceitfulness.
    4 delusion, false impression.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: engañar.
    * * *
    1 deceit, deception
    2 (estafa) fraud, trick, swindle
    3 (mentira) lie
    4 (error) mistake
    \
    estar en un engaño to be mistaken
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=acto) [gen] deception; (=ilusión) delusion

    aquí no hay engaño — there is no attempt to deceive anybody here, it's all on the level *

    2) (=trampa) trick, swindle
    3) (=malentendido) mistake, misunderstanding

    padecer engaño — to labour under a misunderstanding, labor under a misunderstanding (EEUU)

    4) pl engaños (=astucia) wiles, tricks
    5) [de pesca] lure
    6) Cono Sur (=regalo) small gift, token
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( mentira) deception
    b) (timo, estafa) swindle, con (colloq)
    c) ( ardid) ploy, trick
    2) (Taur) cape
    * * *
    = fraud, snare, sham, hoax, deceit, subterfuge, confidence trick, deception, swindle, rip-off, swindling, cheating, hocus pocus, caper, dissimulation, fiddle, trickery, bluff, con trick, con, con job.
    Ex. At our library in Minnesota we have clearly identified material that deals with many types of business and consumer frauds, national liberation movements, bedtime, Kwanza, the Afro-American holiday.
    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.
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    * 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.
    * someter a engaño = perpetrate + deception.
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( mentira) deception
    b) (timo, estafa) swindle, con (colloq)
    c) ( ardid) ploy, trick
    2) (Taur) cape
    * * *
    = fraud, snare, sham, hoax, deceit, subterfuge, confidence trick, deception, swindle, rip-off, swindling, cheating, hocus pocus, caper, dissimulation, fiddle, trickery, bluff, con trick, con, con job.

    Ex: At our library in Minnesota we have clearly identified material that deals with many types of business and consumer frauds, national liberation movements, bedtime, Kwanza, the Afro-American holiday.

    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.
    * someter a engaño = perpetrate + deception.

    * * *
    A
    1 (mentira) deception
    lo que más me duele es el engaño it was the deceit o deception that upset me most
    fue víctima de un cruel engaño she was the victim of a cruel deception o swindle, she was cruelly deceived o taken in
    vivió en el engaño durante años for years she lived in complete ignorance of his deceit
    es un engaño, no es de oro it's a con, this isn't (made of) gold ( colloq)
    2 (ardid) ploy, trick
    se vale de todo tipo de engaños para salirse con la suya he uses all kinds of tricks o every trick in the book to get his own way
    llamarse a engaño to claim one has been cheated o deceived
    para que luego nadie pueda llamarse a engaño so that no one can claim o say that they were deceived/cheated
    C ( Dep) fake
    * * *

     

    Del verbo engañar: ( conjugate engañar)

    engaño es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    engañó es:

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

    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
    b) (estafar, timar) to cheat, con (colloq)


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

    b) (timo, estafa) swindle, con (colloq)


    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
    * * *
    1. [mentira] deception, deceit;
    se ganó su confianza con algún engaño she gained his trust through a deception;
    lo obtuvo mediante engaño she obtained it by deception;
    todo fue un engaño it was all a deception;
    llamarse a engaño [engañarse] to delude oneself;
    [lamentarse] to claim to have been misled;
    que nadie se llame a engaño, la economía no va bien let no one have any illusions about it, the economy isn't doing well;
    no nos llamemos a engaño, el programa se puede mejorar let's not delude ourselves, the program could be improved;
    para que luego no te llames a engaño so you can't claim to have been misled afterwards
    2. [estafa] swindle;
    ha sido víctima de un engaño en la compra del terreno he was swindled over the sale of the land
    3. [ardid] ploy, trick;
    de nada van a servirte tus engaños your ploys will get you nowhere;
    las rebajas son un engaño para que la gente compre lo que no necesita sales are a ploy to make people buy things they don't need
    4. Taurom bullfighter's cape
    5. [para pescar] lure
    * * *
    m
    1 ( mentira) deception, deceit
    2 ( ardid) trick;
    llamarse a engaño claim to have been cheated
    * * *
    1) : deception, trick
    2) : fake, feint (in sports)
    * * *
    1. (mentira) lie
    2. (trampa) trick
    3. (timo) swindle

    Spanish-English dictionary > engaño

  • 4 perro de caza

    hunting dog
    * * *
    * * *
    (n.) = hound, bloodhound, gun dog, gun dog
    Ex. This article surveys hunting themes incorporated into coats of arms, including prey animals, such as stags, wolves, bears, and foxes; hounds and falcons; and hunting equipment such as horns, bows and arrows, and spears.
    Ex. He provides a wealth of information about Texas life on everything from making fiddles, to running bloodhounds, to finding moonshine stills.
    Ex. Spaniels are a type of gun dog, generaly small and having long coats and drop ears.
    Ex. Spaniels are a type of gun dog, generaly small and having long coats and drop ears.
    * * *
    * * *
    (n.) = hound, bloodhound, gun dog, gun dog

    Ex: This article surveys hunting themes incorporated into coats of arms, including prey animals, such as stags, wolves, bears, and foxes; hounds and falcons; and hunting equipment such as horns, bows and arrows, and spears.

    Ex: He provides a wealth of information about Texas life on everything from making fiddles, to running bloodhounds, to finding moonshine stills.
    Ex: Spaniels are a type of gun dog, generaly small and having long coats and drop ears.
    Ex: Spaniels are a type of gun dog, generaly small and having long coats and drop ears.

    * * *
    hound

    Spanish-English dictionary > perro de caza

  • 5 perro rastreador

    m.
    tracker dog, sniffer dog.
    * * *
    ( para seguir huellas) tracker dog; ( para buscar drogas) sniffer dog
    * * *
    (n.) = tracker dog, bloodhound, sleuthhound, sniffer dog
    Ex. Unlike their human counterparts, the length of duty for a tracker dog was around three years.
    Ex. He provides a wealth of information about Texas life on everything from making fiddles, to running bloodhounds, to finding moonshine stills.
    Ex. He was a dauntless adventurer, a sleuthhound, a research scholar of exceptional acuity.
    Ex. Sniffer dogs can normally be trained only to detect one illicit item, normally either explosive, substances or drugs.
    * * *
    ( para seguir huellas) tracker dog; ( para buscar drogas) sniffer dog
    * * *
    (n.) = tracker dog, bloodhound, sleuthhound, sniffer dog

    Ex: Unlike their human counterparts, the length of duty for a tracker dog was around three years.

    Ex: He provides a wealth of information about Texas life on everything from making fiddles, to running bloodhounds, to finding moonshine stills.
    Ex: He was a dauntless adventurer, a sleuthhound, a research scholar of exceptional acuity.
    Ex: Sniffer dogs can normally be trained only to detect one illicit item, normally either explosive, substances or drugs.

    Spanish-English dictionary > perro rastreador

  • 6 sabueso

    m.
    1 bloodhound (perro).
    2 sleuth, detective (figurative) (detective).
    * * *
    1 (perro) bloodhound
    * * *
    1.
    SM (Zool) bloodhound
    2.
    SMF (=detective) sleuth *
    * * *
    a) (Zool) bloodhound
    b) sabueso masculino y femenino (fam) ( detective) sleuth (colloq), gumshoe (AmE colloq)
    * * *
    = beagle, hound, bloodhound, sleuth, sleuthhound.
    Ex. For example, if the query were to find documents containing ' beagle or basset hound' and no phrases were indexed, the first list would contain those documents with the word ' beagle' and the maybe list would be those documents containing 'basset hound' but not ' beagle'.
    Ex. This article surveys hunting themes incorporated into coats of arms, including prey animals, such as stags, wolves, bears, and foxes; hounds and falcons; and hunting equipment such as horns, bows and arrows, and spears.
    Ex. He provides a wealth of information about Texas life on everything from making fiddles, to running bloodhounds, to finding moonshine stills.
    Ex. Anybody familiar with their political relationships is familiar with the fact that journalists and diplomats are followed by sleuths.
    Ex. He was a dauntless adventurer, a sleuthhound, a research scholar of exceptional acuity.
    * * *
    a) (Zool) bloodhound
    b) sabueso masculino y femenino (fam) ( detective) sleuth (colloq), gumshoe (AmE colloq)
    * * *
    = beagle, hound, bloodhound, sleuth, sleuthhound.

    Ex: For example, if the query were to find documents containing ' beagle or basset hound' and no phrases were indexed, the first list would contain those documents with the word ' beagle' and the maybe list would be those documents containing 'basset hound' but not ' beagle'.

    Ex: This article surveys hunting themes incorporated into coats of arms, including prey animals, such as stags, wolves, bears, and foxes; hounds and falcons; and hunting equipment such as horns, bows and arrows, and spears.
    Ex: He provides a wealth of information about Texas life on everything from making fiddles, to running bloodhounds, to finding moonshine stills.
    Ex: Anybody familiar with their political relationships is familiar with the fact that journalists and diplomats are followed by sleuths.
    Ex: He was a dauntless adventurer, a sleuthhound, a research scholar of exceptional acuity.

    * * *
    1 ( Zool) bloodhound
    2
    * * *

    sabueso sustantivo masculino (Zool) bloodhound
    sabueso sustantivo masculino
    1 Zool bloodhound
    2 fig (una persona, un investigador privado, un detective) sleuth
    ' sabueso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    despistar
    English:
    bloodhound
    - hound
    - private
    - sleuth
    * * *
    1. [perro] bloodhound
    2. Fam [detective] sleuth
    * * *
    m
    1 ZO bloodhound
    2 fig
    sleuth
    * * *
    1) : bloodhound
    2) fam : detective, sleuth

    Spanish-English dictionary > sabueso

  • 7 trapicheo *

    SM fiddle *, shady deal *
    pl trapicheos (=trampas) fiddles *, shady dealing * sing ; (=intrigas) plots, schemes, tricks

    Spanish-English dictionary > trapicheo *

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