TIL the French for scam is escroquerie, what a lovely word, I feel we've been friends for yonks
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Replying to @gordonguthrie
It's of Italian origin ( scroccare ) and gives us the word crook in English - crookery is unfortunately not a word for wonky pottery ... but it should be!
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Replying to @darachennis @gordonguthrie
Apparently 'scrounge' as well - looked that up ... clearly transcribed at some point by a deaf cloth eared twazzock
2:36 PM - 11 Jan 2019
from Berlin, Germany
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