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Take-in

//ˈteɪkˌɪn// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A fraud or deception.

    "‘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 […].’"

  2. 2
    the act of taking in as by fooling or cheating or swindling someone wordnet

Etymology

Deverbal from take in.

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