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/Sounds like "toom" (as in "tool") + "BAHR" (as in "bar")/
To rob or steal something from someone through trickery, scamming, or force on the street. In Mexico and Colombia, tumbar is the verb for street theft, from a phone to a wallet on public transit.
“They tumbaron his phone on the subway without him noticing.”
“Be careful around that area, they'll tumbar anyone.”
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/Sounds like "toom" (as in "tool") + "BAHR" (as in "bar")/
To rob or steal something from someone through trickery, scamming, or force on the street. In Mexico and Colombia, tumbar is the verb for street theft, from a phone to a wallet on public transit.
“They tumbaron his phone on the subway without him noticing.”
“Be careful around that area, they'll tumbar anyone.”
Enchufado
Someone who got a job, privilege or position through connections rather than merit. In Mexico and Spain an enchufado is plugged in, it's not what you know but who you know.