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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unfair or dishonest conduct |
| Synonyms: | conjuration, dirty game, dirty politics, dirty tricks, dirty work, escamotage, foul play, jugglery, legerdemain, mudslinging, prestidigitation, sleight of hand, smoke and mirrors, trickery |
| Main Entry: | deceit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | practice of misleading |
| Synonyms: | ambidexterity, ambidextrousness, artifice, cheating, chicane, chicanery, cozening, craft, craftiness, cunning, deceitfulness, deception, defrauding, dirty dealing, dirty pool, dishonesty, dissemblance, dissimulation, double-dealing, duplicity, entrapping, fraud, fraudulence, guile, hypocrisy, imposition, overreaching, pretense, slyness, smoke and mirrors, trapping, treachery, trickery, two-facedness, two-timing, underhandedness |
| Antonyms: | frankness, honesty, openness, truth, truthfulness, uprightness |
| Main Entry: | dirty tricks |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dishonest practices |
| Synonyms: | dirty pool, funny business, malicious tactics, monkey business, shady business, skullduggery, unethical behavior |
| Main Entry: | duplicity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deception |
| Synonyms: | Judas kiss, artifice, chicanery, cunning, deceit, dirty dealing, dirty pool, dirty trick, dirty work, dishonesty, dissemblance, dissimulation, double-dealing, dualism, duality, faithlessness, falsehood, fraud, guile, hypocrisy, one-upmanship, perfidiousness, perfidy, skullduggery, stab in back, treacherousness, treachery, two-facedness, twoness |
| Notes: | duplicity implies double-dealing while chicanery suggests trickery and wiliness |
| Antonyms: | forthrightness, honesty, trustworthiness |
| Main Entry: | grift |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | swindle |
| Synonyms: | cheating, con game, confidence game, deceit, dirty pool, double-dealing, extortion, fix, fraud, racket, rip-off, scam, shady deal, shell game, stealing, sting, trickery |
| Main Entry: | guile |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | slyness, cleverness |
| Synonyms: | artfulness, artifice, chicanery, craft, craftiness, cunning, deceit, deception, dirty dealing, dirty pool, dirty trick, dirty work, dishonesty, dissemblance, dissimulation, double-cross, duplicity, foul play, jive, run-around, ruse, sellout, sharp practice, stab in the back, treachery, trickery, trickiness, wiliness |
| Antonyms: | artlessness, frankness, honesty, naivety, openness, sincerity |
| Main Entry: | hanky-panky |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | monkey business |
| Synonyms: | amour, chicane, chicanery, dalliance, deception, devilry, dirty pool, double-dealing, fling, flirtation, fooling around, fourberie, fraud, funny business, funny business, hankie-pankie, hokey-pokey, knavery, liaison, love affair, machinations, mischief, monkey business, romance, sexual activity, sharp practice, shenanigans*, skullduggery, subterfuge, trickery |
| Antonyms: | faithfulness, honesty |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | misdeed/misdemeanor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sin, crime |
| Synonyms: | breach of law, criminality, dirt*, dirty deed, dirty pool, fault, infringement, malefaction, misbehavior, misconduct, miscue, offense, peccadillo, slipup, transgression, trespass, villainy, violation, wrong, wrongdoing |
| Antonyms: | goodness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | racket |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | criminal activity |
| Synonyms: | cheating, con game, confidence game, conspiracy, corruption, crime, dirty pool, dishonesty, dodge, extortion, fraud, game, graft, illegality, illicit scheme, intrigue, lawlessness, lay, plot, push, scheme, shakedown, squeeze*, swindle, swindling, theft, trick, underworld |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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