intransitive. To act or speak falsely, use false pretences; to beg on false pretences.
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释义 | the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > act fraudulently, cheat [verb (intransitive)] (38) faitc1330 intransitive. To act or speak falsely, use false pretences; to beg on false pretences. defraudc1384 absol. To act with or employ fraud. to take (the) advantagea1393 With of (also †by), specifying the person who or thing which is used, exploited, or availed of. false1393 To be or prove false to. absol. and intransitive. To defraud, deal falsely. halt1412 To fail in soundness or straightforwardness of conduct; to use shifts, play false. Obsolete. haft1519 intransitive. To use subtilty or deceit, to use shifts or dodges; to haggle, cavil; to avoid coming to the point, hold off, hang back. juggle1528 transferred and figurative. To play tricks so as to cheat or deceive; to practise artifice or deceit with. wily beguile1550 also frequently in jingling form wily beguily (and similar expressions) originally in to play wily beguile oneself (also later in various corrupt… foist1584 intransitive. To practise roguery, to cheat. Obsolete. Cf. cog, v.3 lurch1593 absol. Obsolete. fog1621 intransitive. To use underhand or dishonourable means to obtain personal gain. imposture1624 intransitive. To practise imposture. rook1637 intransitive. To practise cheating. Obsolete. impone1640 intransitive. To impose upon. cheat1647 intransitive. To deal fraudulently, practise deceit. chicane1671 intransitive. To use deception or subterfuge to achieve one's purpose, esp. a legal, financial, or political purpose; to employ chicanery. humbug1753 intransitive. To practise humbug; to be a humbug; ‘to fool about’. Also const. about: to make less progress than expected, to flounder about, to… fineer1765 intransitive. To defraud a tradesperson by ordering goods to be made in such a way as to be unsaleable to anyone else, after which, if the… gag1781 intransitive. To practise imposture. to gag on: to ‘round’ on, inform against. mountebank1814 intransitive. To behave as a mountebank, to play the mountebank. Also transitive with it. Now rare. jockeya1835 intransitive. To play the jockey, play tricks, act fraudulently; to aim at an advantage by adroit management or artifice. Frequently in to jockey fo… sniggle1837 intransitive. (See quot. 1837.) barney1848 intransitive. To cheat or compete dishonestly; to collude in match fixing. In later use esp. (in Cumberland and Northumberland wrestling): to… straw1851 intransitive (slang.) See quot. 1851. honeyfuggle1856 intransitive. To act in an underhand, indirect, or ingratiating manner in order to deceive a person or to obtain something. Also with around. skinch1891 intransitive. English regional (northern and midlands). To encroach unfairly; to cheat. rare. finagle1926 intransitive. To use dishonest or devious methods to bring something about; to fiddle. Also transitive, to ‘wangle’, to scheme, to get (something)… Subcategories:— as way of life (5) — assist fraudster (1) — talk like a quack (1) — substitute fraudulently (1) — be deceived (3) |
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