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jmdict 1006520 Active (id: 2184555)

せしめる
1. [v1,vt]
▶ to cheat (someone out of)
▶ to swindle
▶ to wangle
▶ to wheedle
▶ to get

Conjugations


History:
5. A 2022-04-28 11:31:37  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
gg5, prog, daij
  Comments:
Just one sense.
  Diff:
@@ -10 +10,2 @@
-<gloss>to cheat someone out of</gloss>
+<gloss>to cheat (someone out of)</gloss>
+<gloss>to swindle</gloss>
@@ -12,4 +13 @@
-</sense>
-<sense>
-<pos>&v1;</pos>
-<pos>&vt;</pos>
+<gloss>to wheedle</gloss>
@@ -17 +14,0 @@
-<gloss>to obtain</gloss>
4. A* 2022-04-27 12:24:10  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
GG5: get; take; obtain; do [cheat] 《sb out of sth》; squeeze [get, wheedle] 《money》 out of sb; extort [wheedle] 《money》 from sb; swindle 《sb》 (of 「his [her] money); rustle 《cattle》; 《文・法》 take unjust possession of sth; purloin; 《口》 wangle; 《米》《口》 finagle; mooch 《a drink》.
  Comments:
It would seem so. The question really is whether it's one sense or two.
3. A* 2022-04-27 11:28:08 
  Comments:
is sense 2 really correct?
2. A 2013-03-16 23:20:34  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
1. A* 2013-03-16 18:08:27  Paul Upchurch <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
新和英中辞典, Luminous, EDR日英対訳辞書
  Diff:
@@ -13,0 +13,6 @@
+<sense>
+<pos>&v1;</pos>
+<pos>&vt;</pos>
+<gloss>to get</gloss>
+<gloss>to obtain</gloss>
+</sense>

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