escroquerie
French, noun/ɛs.kʁɔ.kʁi/
escroquerie is spelled E-S-C-R-O-Q-U-E-R-I-E (11 letters) and appears 4.7 times per million words in written French, the 11,729th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Escroquerie is a French feminine noun meaning “swindle, swindling” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’escroquer”.
What does escroquerie mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineswindle, swindling
- 2
femininefraud
- 3
feminineracket (dishonest way of making money)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’escroquer. 2. Vol commis 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 escroquerie
- escroqueries plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce escroquerie?
- /ɛs.kʁɔ.kʁi/
- \ɛs.kʁɔ.kʁi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to escroquerie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is escroquerie in French?
escroquerie appears 4.7 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).