419

American  

[fawr wuhn nahyn] / ˈfɔr ˌwʌn ˈnaɪn /

noun

1. fraud, especially internet fraud, in which a victim pays in advance for access to a larger sum of money, such as an unclaimed inheritance or bank account balance, which turns out to be fictitious or is never realized.

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The S&P 500 fell 0.7%, the Nasdaq lost 1% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 419 points, or 0.8% for the day.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

Out of these participants, the team identified 419 people with genetic variants known to cause familial hypercholesterolemia.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 8, 2025

Portola took the Division 2 title, edging San Marino 419 to 421.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2025

Between October 2019 and April 2020, the number of tents increased almost three-fold, from 419 to 1108, according to data from San Francisco's Department of Emergency Management.

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2025

His remarks on the domestic system of the ancients, 419.

From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) by William Edward Hartpole Lecky