escroquer
French, verb/ɛs.kʁɔ.ke/
escroquer is spelled E-S-C-R-O-Q-U-E-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 48,990th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Escroquer is a French verb meaning “to swindle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Tirer quelque chose de quelqu’un par fourberie, par dol et manœuvres frauduleuses”.
What does escroquer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to swindle
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Tirer quelque chose de quelqu’un par fourberie, par dol et manœuvres frauduleuses. 2. Voler quelqu’un par des moyens frauduleux.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of escroquer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- escroquant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- escroqué participle past
- escroque first-person indicative present
- escroques indicative present second-person
- escroquons first-person indicative plural
- escroquez indicative plural present
- escroquent indicative plural present
- escroquais first-person imperfect indicative
- escroquait imperfect indicative singular
- escroquions first-person imperfect indicative
- escroquiez imperfect indicative plural
- escroquaient imperfect indicative plural
- escroquai first-person historic indicative
- escroquas historic indicative past
- escroqua historic indicative past
- escroquâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce escroquer?
- /ɛs.kʁɔ.ke/
- \ɛs.kʁɔ.ke\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to escroquer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is escroquer in French?
escroquer appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).