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impose on
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take advantage of |
| Synonyms: | do an injustice to, exploit, impose on, use, wrong |
| Notes: | abuse carries with it some sense of harm; misuse refers to an incorrect use that may not lead to harm to misuse is to use something wrongly, to abuse is to misuse something so badly that you damage it |
| Antonyms: | cherish, esteem, honor, respect, revere, treasure |
| Main Entry: | delude |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deceive, fool |
| Synonyms: | beguile, betray, bluff, caboodle, cheat, con, cozen, disinform, do a number on, double-cross, dupe*, gull, hoax*, hoodwink*, illude, impose on, jive, juggle, lead up garden path, misguide, mislead, mousetrap, outfox, play trick on, snow*, string along, sucker, take in, trick |
| Antonyms: | be truthful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | milk |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tap; exploit |
| Synonyms: | bleed, drain, draw off, elicit, empty, evince, evoke, exhaust, express, extort, extract, fleece, impose on, let out, press, pump, siphon, suck, take advantage, take out, use, wring |
| Antonyms: | hoard, save |
| Main Entry: | rip off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | rob; trick |
| Synonyms: | abuse, appropriate, bleed, cheat, con*, cop, defraud, dupe, exploit, filch, fleece, heist, impose on, lift*, nab, pilfer, pinch, plunder, ransack, relieve, rifle, skin*, soak*, stick*, swindle, swipe, thieve, use |
| Antonyms: | give, offer |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | trouble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bother, worry |
| Synonyms: | afflict, agitate, ail, annoy, bug*, burden, burn up, concern, discommode, discompose, disconcert, disoblige, disquiet, distress, disturb, drive up the wall, flip out, fret, get to, give a bad time, give a hard time, grieve, harass, harry, impose on, inconvenience, irk, irritate, make a fuss, make a scene, make waves, pain, perplex, perturb, pester, plague, psych, put out, sadden, spook, stir up, strain, stress, torment, try, upset, vex |
| Antonyms: | be content, be happy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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