Fraud in Malayalam
When Malayalis talk about fraud in the news or in everyday complaints, the word is തട്ടിപ്പ് (thattipp). The final pp is clipped short, that-tipp, and it comes from thattuka, to snatch. It is the normal term for a scam, a con or a swindle.
Fraud, deception, humbug, cheeting.
ഫോണ് വിളിച്ചുള്ള തട്ടിപ്പ് ഇപ്പോള് കൂടുതലാണ്.
phon vilichulla thattippu ippol kooduthalaanu.
Fraud over phone calls is common now.
All Malayalam words for “fraud”
- തട്ടിപ്പ് (thattipp) — Fraud, deception, humbug, cheeting.
- തരികിട (tharikida) — Fraud, deceit, cheating.
- കപടത (kapadatha) — Lie, falsehood, fraud, hypocrisy, fake.
- ജാലകം (jaalakam) — Window, lattice-window, fresh flower bud, multitude, the calyx as it appears before budding, ornament for the head, fraud.
- വഞ്ചന (vanchana) — Treachery, deception, fraud, cheating.
- വ്യാജം (vyaajam) — Lie, falsehood, fraud, sth. artificial, a fake.
- പിടുങ്ങുക (pidunguka) — Get possession of sth. by fraud, rob, pluck.
തട്ടിപ്പ് (thattipp) is the everyday word for a scam, വഞ്ചന (vanchana) is the more formal and moral term for treachery and deceit, and കപടത (kapadatha) and വ്യാജം (vyaajam) point to falsehood, fakery and hypocrisy. തരികിട (tharikida) is colloquial and slightly mocking, പിടുങ്ങുക (pidunguka) is the verb for taking something by fraud, and ജാലകം (jaalakam) chiefly means a window, with fraud only as a rare extra sense.
Common questions
How do you say fraud in Malayalam?
തട്ടിപ്പ് (thattipp) is the usual word, especially for a scam or a swindle.
Which word suits a formal complaint or a legal text?
വഞ്ചന (vanchana), since it names deception and betrayal in a weightier register than the everyday തട്ടിപ്പ് (thattipp).