No. 10,058 in Russian
аферы
Scams or frauds.
In a sentence
Он попался на аферы мошенников.
He fell for the fraudsters' scams.
In this sentence, 'аферы' refers to deceitful schemes or scams typically performed by fraudsters.
Нельзя верить всем обещаниям, иногда это могут быть просто аферы.
You shouldn't trust all promises; sometimes they can just be scams.
Here, 'аферы' is used to describe insincere or deceptive promises often intended to manipulate.
В кино показали аферы, которые совершались в прошлом веке.
The movie showed schemes that were carried out in the last century.
The word 'аферы' in this context refers to dramatic and often elaborate schemes, possibly with an illegal or unethical connotation.
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