Definition

1. Verb:
   • To swindle / to cheat: To deceive someone in order to gain an unfair or dishonest advantage, often involving a breach of trust or a trick.
   • To renege / to go back on one's word: To fail to keep a promise, agreement, or commitment, often in a deceitful or untrustworthy manner.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Hắn ta tráo chác để chiếm đoạt tài sản. (He swindled to appropriate the property.)
  • Đừng tin họ, họ hay tráo chác. (Don't trust them; they often go back on their word.)
  • Vụ làm ăn đó đầy sự tráo chác. (That business deal is full of swindling.)

Advanced Usage

• The term often implies a level of cunning, betrayal, or unethical behavior in transactions or agreements. It is stronger than simple dishonesty and suggests an active, manipulative deception.

Variants and Related Words

• Tráo trở (adj): Unreliable, deceitful, prone to betrayal.
  • Con người tráo trở đó không đáng tin. (That deceitful person is not trustworthy.)

Synonyms

• Swindle: To cheat someone out of money or property.
• Defraud: To illegally obtain money from someone by deception.
• Double-cross: To betray someone by doing the opposite of what you agreed to do.

Related Idioms

• Tráo chác lật lọng: To be consistently treacherous and deceitful, constantly changing one's stance or breaking promises.
  • Kẻ tráo chác lật lọng ấy cuối cùng chẳng có bạn bè. (That consistently treacherous person ended up with no friends.)