掠水
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English
- to scam or rip-off money
- to get money by dishonest means, to charge someone excessively, to trick someone out of money ; to profiteer; literally: rob the water
粵語 — Cantonese
- 以唔誠實嘅方式獲得其他人嘅錢,未必一定係行騙;謀取暴利
Examples
呢間補習社掠水好勁,連冷氣都要收錢。
This tutorial center has many ways to charge you. They even charge you air-condition fee.
Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk