TAKE-IN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of taking in as by fooling or cheating or swindling someone

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("take-in" is a kind of...):

deceit; deception; dissembling; dissimulation (the act of deceiving)

Derivation:

take in (fool or hoax)

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