n.
Function: verb
to obtain something (as money) from or an advantage over by dishonesty and trickery FF1C; cheated out of his inheritance by a grasping lawyer FF1E;
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 Words: befool, dupe, fool, gull, slick; bunco, con, fudge, short; beguile, deceive, delude, double-cross, mislead