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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | rip-off |
| Synonyms: | bamboozle, bilk, cheat, deceive, defraud, dupe, fleece, flimflam, gip, gull, hoodwink, hustle*, pull something, rook, scam, stick*, swindle, take for a ride, trick |
| Antonyms: | be fair, give, offer |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hoax |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | trick |
| Synonyms: | Murphy, bamboozle*, bluff, chicane, con, deceive, delude, dupe, fake out, fleece, flimflam, fool, frame, gammon, gull, hoodwink*, play games with, pull one's leg, rook, run a game on, set up*, sting*, swindle, take for a ride, take in* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hocus-pocus |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sleight of hand |
| Synonyms: | abracadabra, abracadabra, artifice, cant, chant, charm, cheating, chicanery, conjuring, deceit, deception, deception, delusion, flimflam, fraud, gibberish, gobbledegook, hoax, hocus, humbug, imposture, incantation, jargon, juggling, legerdemain, magic, magic, magic words, monkey business, mumbo jumbo, mumbo jumbo, mummery, mystification, nonsense, occultism, open sesame, rigmarole, sleight of hand, smoke and mirrors, spell, swindle, trick, trickery |
| Antonyms: | reality, truth |
| Main Entry: | humbug |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hoax |
| Synonyms: | con game, con*, deceit, fast one, flimflam, fraud, gyp, hustle, prank, put-on, scam, snow job, spoof, sting, swindle |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | imposture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fraud, trick |
| Synonyms: | artifice, cheat, con, copy, counterfeit, deceit, deception, fabrication, fake, feint, fiddle, flimflam, forgery, gambit, hoax, hocus-pocus, illusion, imitation, impersonation, imposition, make-believe, maneuver, masquerade, phony, ploy, pretense, pretension, put-on, quackery, ruse, sell*, sham, sleight, spoof, stratagem, swindle, wile |
| Antonyms: | honesty, reality, truth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | kid |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fool, ridicule |
| Synonyms: | bamboozle*, banter, beguile, bother, cozen, delude, dupe, flimflam, fun*, gull, hoax, hoodwink, jape, jest, joke, jolly, josh, make fun of, make sport of, mock, pretend, rag, razz, rib, roast, spoof, tease, trick |
| Antonyms: | be serious |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | play dirty |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cheat |
| Synonyms: | bamboozle*, beguile, bend the rules, bilk, burn, caboodle, chisel, con, deceive, defraud, do a number on, double-cross, double-deal, dupe, finagle, fleece, flimflam, fudge, hit below the belt, hoodwink, hose, mislead, pull something funny, rip off, rook, sandbag, scam, screw, shaft, stack the cards, stretch the rules, sucker, swindle, trick, victimize |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | scam |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | swindle |
| Synonyms: | blackmail, cheating, con, con game, crooked deal, deceit, deception, dirty pool, double-cross, double-dealing, extortion, fast one, flimflam, fraud, hoax, hosing, hustle, racket, rip-off, shady deal, shakedown, sham, shell game, snow job, sting, sucker game |
| Main Entry: | sham |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hoax, trick |
| Synonyms: | burlesque, cant, caricature, cheat, counterfeit, cover-up, deceit, deception, facade, fake, fakery, false front, farce, feint, flimflam, forgery, fraud, hypocrisy, hypocriticalness, imitation, impostor, imposture, jive, mock, mockery, pharisaism, phoniness, pretend, pretense, pretext, pseudo*, put-on, sell, smoke*, snow job, spoof, travesty, whitewash |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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