A product of fictitious invention. An invented statement, story, doctrine, etc. †In early use also: A fraudulent device.
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| 释义 | the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > [noun] > fraudulent device (5) figment?a1475 A product of fictitious invention. An invented statement, story, doctrine, etc. †In early use also: A fraudulent device. cogc1555 Cant. ‘The money or whatever the sweetners drop to draw in the bubbles’ (Dict. Cant. Crew, 1690); hence apparently applied to coin or pieces of… fraud1658 A method or means of defrauding or deceiving; a fraudulent contrivance; in modern colloquial use, a spurious or deceptive thing. joker1858 Something used in playing a trick. gold brick1865 colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.). A brick-shaped block that has been duplicitously made to appear as if solid gold. Hence: something having… |
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