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escroc.

crook (a criminal who steals)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɛs.kʁo//ɛs.kʁɔ/
  1. crook (a criminal who steals)

    masculine
  2. baddy (evil character)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Italian scrocco, from Old High German *scurgo (attested in Old High German fiurscurgo (“fire-maker, stoker”); modern German Schurke, schüren), from Old High German scurgen.

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