Word Meaning 詐欺

さぎ sagi

詐欺 is read as さぎ (sagi) and means saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it.

Meaning

English

  1. saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it
  2. making promises without keeping them
  3. flaking out
  4. fraud
  5. swindle
  6. graft
  7. cheating
  8. trick

Reading

Kana

さぎ

Romaji

sagi

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 24 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Related Words 怪しい,うさんくさい,胡散臭い,マルチ,マルチ商法,連鎖販売取引,ネズミ講,儲け話 Rank 5579 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

詐欺師

さぎし

swindler

詐欺罪

さぎざい

fraud

詐欺アプリ

さぎあぷり

smartphone app malware

詐欺グループ

さぎぐるーぷ

organized crime group specializing in fraud (esp. bank transfer scams)

信用詐欺

しんようさぎ

confidence game

金融詐欺

きんゆうさぎ

financial fraud

架空請求詐欺

かくうせいきゅうさぎ

fraud based on demanding payment for false claims or non-existent bills

取込詐欺

とりこみさぎ

confidence trick

証券詐欺

しょうけんさぎ

securities fraud

結婚詐欺

けっこんさぎ

marriage fraud

Example Sentences

10

It sounds like a scam.

The imposter was caught.

It sounds like a scam.

It sounds like a scam.

With regard to scam email, please be cautious.

Is this some kind of scam?

Be cautious of phishing.

Recently there have been a lot of nasty incidents with fraud.

What he did is, in plain language, fraud.

It took so long to get delivered, I thought I might've been scammed.