I. noun
1.
Synonyms: deception 1, chicane, chicanery, dishonesty, double-dealing, fourberie, hanky-panky, highbinding, sharp practice, trickery
2.
Synonyms: imposture , deceit, deception, flimflam, fraud, gyp, hoax, humbug, put-on, sell
Related Word: bamboozlement, cozening, hoaxing; chicane, chicanery, trickery
3.
Synonyms: swindler , cheater, confidence man, con man, defrauder, diddler, double-dealer, gyp, sharper, trickster
II. verb
to obtain something (as money) from or an advantage over by dishonesty and trickery
cheated out of his inheritance by a grasping lawyer
Synonyms: beat, bilk, boodle, ||burn, chisel, chouse, cozen, ||crook, defraud, diddle, do, ||doodle, ||dry-shave, ||duff, flimflam, gyp, ||mace, ||mump, overreach, ream, ||screw, sucker, swindle, take; compare extort 1, fleece 1
Related Word: befool, dupe, fool, gull, slick; bunco, con, fudge, short; beguile, deceive, delude, double-cross, mislead