pettus
[ˈpettus]
fraud, deceit
- noun
- B1
- Law and documents
Forms
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | pettus | pettused |
| Genitive | pettuse | pettuste |
| Partitive | pettust | pettusi |
| Illative | pettusse | pettustesse |
| Inessive | pettuses | pettustes |
| Elative | pettusest | pettustest |
| Allative | pettusele | pettustele |
| Adessive | pettusel | pettustel |
| Ablative | pettuselt | pettustelt |
| Translative | pettuseks | pettusteks |
| Terminative | pettuseni | pettusteni |
| Essive | pettusena | pettustena |
| Comitative | pettusega | pettustega |
Examples
Meest kahtlustatakse pettuses.
The man is suspected of fraud.
Nende äriplaan oli algusest peale rajatud pettusele.
Their business plan was built on fraud from the beginning.
Common combinations
finantspettus
financial fraud
pettust avastama
to detect fraud
pettuses süüdistama
to accuse of fraud
Related words
In Estonian
tahtlikult ebaaus tegu, vale vms
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