spiv

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spiv /spɪv/ noun [countable] British English old-fashioned BOSELLa man who gets money from small dishonest business deals 靠诈骗过日子的人

Examples from the Corpus

spiv• The word for them in the Euromarkets is spivs.• Oddly, we had no spivs.• The spivs will wave away any objections with promises about easy resale, low cost finance and tiny deposit payments.• The wartime spivs, the teddy boys and the mods each had their own distinctive hair style.

spiv nounChinese

gets man a Corpus dishonest from who small money

spiv
spiv /spɪv/

noun [countable] British English old-fashioned
a man who gets money from small dishonest business deals

spiv

BrE

/spɪv/

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NAmE

/spɪv/

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noun

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old-fashioned,

BrE,

slang,

disapproving

)

a man who makes his money by being dishonest in business, especially one who dresses in a way that makes people believe he is rich and successful 衣冠楚楚的奸商