trapicheo

Definitions of trapicheo
  1. noun
    buying and selling; especially illicit trade
    synonyms: tráfico
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    types:
    narcotráfico
    traffic in illegal drugs
    simonía
    traffic in ecclesiastical offices or preferments
    trata, trata de esclavos
    traffic in slaves; especially in Black Africans transported to America in the 16th to 19th centuries
    type of:
    comercialismo, mercantilismo, mercantilización
    transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)
  2. noun
    verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way
    synonyms: mistificación, tejemanejes, trampa
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    type of:
    engaño, fraude
    a misleading falsehood
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