chanchullo

m.

1 fiddle, racket (informal).

2 underhanded transaction, put-up job, shady deal, shady business.

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chanchullo

► nombre masculino

1 familiar fiddle, wangle, racket

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FRASEOLOGÍA

tener chanchullos familiar to be on the fiddle

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masculino (fam) racket (colloq), fiddle (BrE colloq)

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= 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.

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* hacer chanchullos = fiddle.

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masculino (fam) racket (colloq), fiddle (BrE colloq)

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= 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.

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chanchullo

masculine

(fam)

racket (colloq), fiddle (BrE colloq)

está metido en no sé qué chanchullos he's involved in all kinds of fiddles o rackets (colloq)

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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

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chanchullo nm

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

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chanchullo

m fam

trick, scam fam ;

hacer un chanchullo do a dodgy deal fam , do some shady business

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chanchullo nm, fam : shady deal, scam