estelionato
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin stelliōnātus (“cozenage, trickery”), from stelliō (“newt; crafty, knavish person”).
Noun
estelionato m (plural estelionatos)
- embezzlement
Related terms
- estelionatário
Spanish
Noun
estelionato m (plural estelionatos)
- stellionate, fraud in selling
Further reading
- “estelionato”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014