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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 | |||
| con (he listened to him explaining the con Val_Ships) | |||
| bunco; wildcat; cheat (ivann) | |||
| shady transaction; swindle | |||
| 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) | |||
| wild-cat venture | |||
| 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) | |||
| bubble; cheating; double-dealing; trickery | |||
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| racketeering | |||
| Русский тезаурус | |||
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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)) | |||
| афера: 54 фразы в 14 тематиках |