| Main Entry: |
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| Part of Speech: |
verb |
| Definition: |
cheat, bilk |
| Synonyms: |
bamboozle,
beguile,
burn, chouse,
circumvent, clip,
con, cozen,
deceive,
delude,
do, do number on, do out of,
dupe, embezzle, fleece, flimflam,
foil,
hoax, jive, milk, outwit, pilfer, pull fast one, rip off, rob,
shaft*, shuck,
stick*, sucker into,
swindle,
take in*, take to the cleaner's,
take*,
trick, victimize
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| Antonyms: |
contribute, help, repay, support
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* = informal/non-formal usage
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