JLPT N1 · Noun

詐欺 (sagi)

詐欺 (さぎ, sagi) is a Japanese noun meaning “fraud; swindle”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Meaning

fraud; swindle; graft; cheating; trick · noun
saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them; flaking out · noun · colloquial · as 行く行く詐欺, etc.; modeled from オレオレ詐欺

私の知る限り、彼はその詐欺の企みには関与していません。

To my knowledge, he has not been involved in the fraud scheme.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 詐欺.

Source: JMdict entry 1291690 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.