timar

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1)  A fiefdom in the Ottoman Empire granted by the Sultan to a spahi in exchange for his cavalryman service and cultivated by villeins who leased it from him

Verb

 * 1) to fear, be apprehensive

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) tanner

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) a kind of Ottoman Empire fief granted by the Sultan to a spahi  in exchange for his cavalryman service and cultivated by villeins who leased it from him,

Verb

 * 1)  to hustle, to con, to hoodwink, to swindle, to scam, to grift, to trick, to diddle
 * 2)  to cheat, to rip off, to chisel, to rook, to goldbrick
 * 1)  to cheat, to rip off, to chisel, to rook, to goldbrick

Usage notes

 * In Spain, the difference between timar and and their corresponding derivatives is that estafar typically has to do with graver offense in conning and swindling than timar does. Estafar is more of an action that you could be potentially arrested for. Keep in mind as always that this can vary regionally, and in some places both terms may be entirely synonymous.