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masculine

/ɛs.kʁo/

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Translation

crook, swindler, con artist

Word origin

From Italian scrocco ('a sponger'), from scroccare ('to scrounge').

Origin: Italian
Root: scrocco

Grammar

Gendermasculine

Pluralescrocs

Examples

Cet .

That man is a crook known to the police.

Swindlers prey on people who live alone.

' .

He was taken in by a con artist on the internet.

A swindler stole all her savings.

c' .

She realised too late that he was a crook.

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This word is part of lesson 60.