What does estafa in Spanish mean?

What is the meaning of the word estafa in Spanish? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use estafa in Spanish.

The word estafa in Spanish means swindle, scam, fraud, deception, defraud, con out of, swindle. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word estafa

swindle, scam

nombre femenino (timo)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Me afectó la estafa de los sellos y me he quedado sin dinero.
The stamp scam (or: swindle) has left me penniless.

fraud, deception

nombre femenino (delito comercial)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Se le juzga por la estafa a varios empresarios.
He's on trial for committing fraud against various companies.

defraud

(timar, embaucar)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Los jóvenes empresarios fueron acusados de estafar a la gente con falsas inversiones.
The young entrepreneurs were accused of defrauding people with false investments.

con out of

(quitarle algo a alguien)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
A mi cliente lo acusaron injustamente de haber estafado veinte mil dólares a una escuela.
My client stands falsely accused of conning a school out of twenty thousand dollars.

swindle

(engañar, defraudar)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
El líder de la oposición acusó al presidente de estafar a las personas que votaron por él.
The leader of the opposition accused the president of swindling those who voted for him.

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