I . v. a.
Defraud, trick, deceive, dupe, gull, overreach, jockey, cozen, chouse, outwit, bamboozle, circumvent, delude, hoodwink, beguile, mislead, cajole, inveigle, gammon, impose upon, take in, swindle, victimize, practise on, entrap, ensnare, hoax, fool, befool, play false.
II . v. n.
Deceive, practise fraud, act dishonestly, shuffle, dissemble, cozen, juggle.
III . n.
1.
Trick, deception, imposture, imposition, juggle, stratagem, fraud, wile, blind, catch, swindle, snare, trap, pitfall, artifice, deceit, chouse, piece of finesse, bit of knavery, piece of chicanery.
2.
False show, delusion, illusion, deception, mockery, sham, counterfeit, make believe, tinsel, paste.
3.
Trickster, impostor, rogue, knave, swindler, sharper, ~er, artful fellow, dodger, artful dodger, shuffler, charlatan, mountebank, chevalier d'industrie .