timar

/tiˈmaɾ/ · B1 · verb

to hustle, to con, to hoodwink, to swindle, to scam, to grift, to trick, to diddle

🃏💸 timar sounds like tee-MAR: Tim the con man takes your money

Same family as el timo, a scam or con, and el timador, the swindler. So me han timado means I've been ripped off. Link it to a hustler named Tim: Tim-ar is what Tim does.

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