betrügen
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verb
to deceiveusually deliberately
to defraud; to perform an act of fraud against; to swindle
to betray (sexually or romantically); to cheat on
to cheat
Used in the library
- Beim Gewicht der Kartoffeln kann man leicht betrügen.With the weight of potatoes you can easily cheat.B1Noch einmal, bitte (7) — Once more, please (7) (B1)
- Bei der Miete kann niemand betrügen, es gibt Quittungen.Nobody can cheat with the rent; there are receipts.B1Noch einmal, bitte (14) — Once more, please (14) (B1)
- Wer beim Kartenspiel betrügen will, spielt bei uns nie wieder mit.Whoever cheats at cards never plays with us again.B1Noch einmal, bitte (1) — Once more, please (1) (B1)
- Henning hält den reichen Reeder für einen Heuchler, der öffentlich spendet und heimlich seine Leute betrügt.Henning considers the rich shipowner a hypocrite who donates in public and secretly cheats his people.B2Noch einmal, bitte (24) — Once more, please (24) (B2)
Other ways to say it
- belügento lie to, to tell someone a lie, to tell someone lies
- fremdgehento cheat; to be unfaithful (have sexual or romantic relations with another than one's stable partner, typically in secret); to be unfaithful; to prefer someone or something else
- hintergehento deceive, to betray, to cheat, to hoodwink, to backstab; to go behind (somewhere)
- mogelnto cheat
- neppento rip off
- pfuschento work unprofessionally; to botch; to cheat; to avoid or break the rules (e.g. in school)
- schummelnto cheat (especially in games, but also in business, school, etc.)
- täuschento deceive; to be wrong, to be mistaken
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