Swahili
vitimbi
vee-TEEM-bee
How to say it
Swahilivitimbivee-TEEM-beesoon
Englishdeceptionssoon
Frenchtromperiessoon
Meaning
Acts of deception or trickery, schemes.
Good to know
plural of kitimbi (ki-/vi- class); informal register.
Examples
- Mfanyabiashara yule alifanya vitimbi vingi.That businessman carried out many schemes.
- Vitimbi vyake vitagunduliwa lini?When will his schemes be discovered?
- Sisi hatukuhusika na vitimbi vile.We were not involved in those schemes.
- Polisi watafichua vitimbi vyote hivi karibuni.The police will expose all these schemes soon.
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