estafar

Bueno, no solo existía un sistema de explotación permanente, institucionalizado y legitimado, sino que para colmo los estafaban.	So, not only was there this ongoing exploitation that was built into, institutionalized and legitimized in the sharecropping system as such, but there was also outright swindling.
En 1988, en las primeras fases de las negociaciones, el representante de Comercio de EEUU afirmaba que los países con sistemas de DPI débiles estafaban 24.000 millones de dólares a unas 200 compañías transnacionales de Estados Unidos.	In 1988, in the early stages of negotiations, the US Trade Representative claimed that nearly 200 transnational corporations housed in the United States were being short-changed of US$24 billion by countries which have weak IPR systems.
Los organizadores tienen experiencia en luchas de trabajadores del campo en Estados Unidos. Uno de ellos trabajó con el sindicato de Immokalee en la cosecha del tomate en la Florida, otro luchó en Oregón contra patrones que estafaban a los trabajadores.	Its organizers have had experience organizing farmworker struggles in the U.S. One of the leaders was involved with the Immokalee workers union in the tomato fields of Florida; another led a battle in Oregon to get rid of a contractor stealing wages.
Los terratenientes blancos típicamente estafaban a los aparceros.	And the white landowners typically defrauded the sharecroppers.
Se estafaban a sí mismos.	They were only cheating themselves.
Estafaban a los turistas, y cosas por el estilo.	Scamming tourists, stuff like that.