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さぎ
Meanings
Noun
1. fraud; swindle; graft; cheating; trick; scam
This is outright fraud, and it's a crime.
2. saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them; flaking out
as 行く行く詐欺, etc.; modeled from オレオレ詐欺
That's not one of those fake retirements; he's the kind of guy who really quits when he says he will.
Alt. forms
詐さ欺ぎ
95%
サギ
2%
さぎ
1%
Pitch accent
さ
ぎ
Used in: 65
Used in vocabulary (25 in total)
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
marriage fraud; fake marriage
phone scam involving a pretended relative
22 more...
Examples (14 in total)
It seems it was a scam.
You keep saying you're leaving and never do!
It kinda sounds like a scam.
She is guilty of fraud.
Stop saying you'll do it and then never doing it.
These people are an international fraud ring.
Is this some kind of scam?
This is outright fraud, and it's a crime.
Recently, scams using new tricks have been on the rise.
Recently there have been a lot of nasty incidents with fraud.
What he did is, in plain language, fraud.
George was tricked into buying the land.
As far as I know, he wasn't involved in that fraud scheme.
That's not one of those fake retirements; he's the kind of guy who really quits when he says he will.