swindle by bluffing; con by false pretenses
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesverb
to swindle by bluffing and posing as someone else; to deceive people under false pretenses
derogatoryDescribes con artists who pretend to be officials, experts, or other authority figures to cheat people. Strongly derogatory.
Tā他
mào冒
chōng充
yī医
shēng生
，
dào到
chù处
zhāo招
yáo摇
zhuàng撞
piàn骗
。
He posed as a doctor and swindled people everywhere.
Zhè这
gè个
tuán团
huǒ伙
zhuān专
mén门
zhāo招
yáo摇
zhuàng撞
piàn骗
，
piàn骗
le了
hěn很
duō多
lǎo老
rén人
。
This gang specialized in fraud and cheated many elderly people.
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Nǐ你
bù不
yào要
bèi被
nà那
xiē些
zhāo招
yáo摇
zhuàng撞
piàn骗
de的
jiāng江
hú湖
shù术
shì士
gěi给
piàn骗
le了
。
Don't be fooled by those quack fortune-tellers who swindle people.