take-in
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See also: take in
English
Etymology
Noun
- A fraud or deception. [from 18th c.]
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:deception
- 1779, Frances Burney, Journals & Letters, Penguin, published 2001, page 108:
- ‘Ma'am,’ cried Mr Sheridan, turning to me abruptly, ‘you should send and order him not, – it is a take in, and ought to be forbid […].’