OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 8620

sham

/ʃæm/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
falso • ficticio • fingido • sacha
Intended to deceive; false.
Artiles, a Republican operative with a reputation for a foul mouth and sharp elbows, is accused of financing a sham candidate whose candidacy was intended to siphon votes from a le…
It was only a sham wedding: they didn't care much for one another, but wanted their parents to stop hassling them.
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📚 noun • entry_id 8621

sham

/ʃæm/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
engaño • farsa • fraude • truco
Trickery, hoaxing.
A con-man must be skilled in the arts of sham and deceit.
Tarzan would have none of it, and so he hunted alone that none might discover the sham that he was practicing.
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📚 verb • entry_id 8622

sham

/ʃæm/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
fingir
To deceive, cheat, lie.
Phrases
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