I. verb
1.
Synonyms: quibble 1, cavil, hypercriticize
2.
Synonyms: dupe , bamboozle, befool, flimflam, fool, gull, hoax, hoodwink, trick, victimize
II. noun
Synonyms: deception 1, chicanery, dishonesty, double-dealing, fourberie, fraud, hanky-panky, highbinding, sharp practice, trickery
Related Word: artifice, feint, gambit, maneuver, ploy, ruse, stratagem, trick, wile; furtiveness, surreptitiousness, underhandedness
Contrasted words: forthrightness, straightforwardness