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English
Etymology
From French escroc (“crook, villain”).
Noun
escroc (plural escrocs)
- (archaic) A villain or crook, especially in French contexts.
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French
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian scrocco, from Old High German *scurgo (attested in Old High German fiurscurgo (“fire-maker, stoker”); modern German Schurke, schüren), from Old High German scurgen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛs.kʁo/
- IPA(key): /ɛs.kʁɔ/ (older, now chiefly Belgium)
- Rhymes: -o, -ɔ
Noun
escroc m (plural escrocs)
- crook (a criminal who steals)
- Synonyms: arnaqueur, esquiveur, filou, fourbe, fripon
1991, Jean-Loup Craipeau, chapter 1, in Pin's panique, Éditions Casterman:Al Capin’s méritait son nom. Essayer de me vendre, à ce prix, un pin’s de chat ! Parole, en me prenant pour un pigeon, il tombait mal, cet escroc.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (in stories) baddy (evil character)
1838-1847, Honoré de Balzac, Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes, section V:De tout temps, en effet, la fille, héroïne de tant de vieux romans, fut la protectrice, la compagne, la consolation du grec, du voleur, du tire-laine, du filou, de l’escroc.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French escroc.
Noun
escroc m (plural escroci, feminine equivalent escroacă)
- crook, swindler
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