rooked
past simple and past participle ofrook
单词 | rooked |
释义 | rooked past simple and past participle ofrook rook verb[T] old-fashionedinformaluk/rʊk/us/rʊk/tocheatsomeone out of somemoney Synonyms coninformal defraud diddle(TRICK)informal gypUSinformal old-fashioned swindle Cheating & tricking
Examplesofrookedrooked In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. It is not playing the game to suggest that the investor has beenrookedon the average. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Is it not clear that many ordinary working people getrookedand find themselves in great difficulty? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In what way has the consumer beenrooked—there is no other word for it? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There is nothing worse than to come back from a holiday feeling that one has been "rooked" right and left. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 What guarantee have the people of this country they are not beingrooked? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not know what safeguards there are against the public beingrookedby such bodies because they are not controlled at all. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 On others, she has talked about the consumer beingrooked. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 No one can tell me that in that case the taxpayer and the ratepayer have not beenrooked. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Meanwhile, probably thousands of people are being "rooked". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They could easily berookedby people who do not seem to have very fine feelings about these things. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In the one case the producer is liable to be ruined and in the other the consumer isrooked. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We do not want the taxpayers to berookedin any shape or form. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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