GERMAN · C1WORD NOTES
MEANING & PRONUNCIATION

der Heiratsschwindel

marriage fraud; fraud through false promises of marriage

Der Verdacht auf Heiratsschwindel entstand, als sich herausstellte, dass er mehreren Frauen zugleich eine gemeinsame Zukunft versprochen und sich von ihnen Geld geliehen hatte.

Suspicions of marriage fraud arose when it emerged that he had promised a future together to several women at once and borrowed money from them.

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