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| speculation; shady deal; wild-cat; racket; come-on game; crook business; wildcat venture; scam (Lavrov); confidence game (Lavrov); big con (Lavrov); gamble; affaire; con; swindle; fraud; shady transaction (MichaelBurov) | |||
| set-up deal | |||
| wild-cat venture | |||
| con (he listened to him explaining the con Val_Ships) | |||
| bunco; wildcat; cheat (ivann) | |||
| shady transaction; swindle | |||
| money scam (It is called weather and has always been weather since time began. This climate change BS is the biggest money scam in the history of this country and all it will eventually do will be the complete fiscal destruction of what's left of our economy and the whole country will freeze in the dark. (vancouversun.com) ART Vancouver) | |||
| bubble; cheating; double-dealing; trickery | |||
| funny business (Азери); Indian rope trick (mrsgreen) | |||
| a scam; scheme (Agasphere); deception (the act of deceiving Val_Ships); do (VLZ_58); con job (Taras); a big con (Оказалось, что инвестиционный фонд-это афера. It turned out that the investment fund was a scam.; сомнительное предприятие, имеющее целью незаконное получение денег a fraudulent undertaking to obtain money); a confidence game; shenanigan (MichaelBurov); shenanigans (MichaelBurov) | |||
| hustle; sting; set up (Dilettante); dodge; racket (I think Lois Morny was Vannier's contact with Phillips, at first anyway. I don't think she was in the racket. She was seen to give Phillips a small package. (Raymond Chandler) – я не думаю, что она участвовала в афере ART Vancouver) | |||
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| racketeering | |||
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| мошенничество, сомнительная сделка. | |||
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| ⇒ афера (вполне распространенный в разговорной речи вариант (неправильный, согласно словарям и справочной службе грамота.ру)) | |||
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афера : 56 phrases in 16 subjects |
| American usage, not spelling | 5 |
| Business | 3 |
| Cinematography | 1 |
| Contemptuous | 1 |
| Criminal law | 13 |
| Disapproving | 1 |
| Economics | 1 |
| General | 20 |
| German | 1 |
| Informal | 2 |
| Law | 1 |
| Makarov | 3 |
| Music | 1 |
| Mythology | 1 |
| Security systems | 1 |
| Slang | 1 |