Meanings
nountake-in (plural take-ins)
plural take-ins
- A fraud or deception.First known use 18th c.
‘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 […].’
1779, Frances Burney, Journals & Letters, Penguin, published 2001, page 108Synonyms: deception, imposition, hype, deceit, dupery, fiddle, fetch, hocus-pocus
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
Deverbal from take in.
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