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Exploiting someone for one's personal gain

Present participle for to cheat or swindle, especially by overcharging

Present participle for to physically tear or pull off or out

Present participle for to physically tear apart

Present participle for to steal

Present participle for to reproduce something for one's own benefit, typically without the owner's consent

Present participle for take or follow as a model

Borrowing from

The fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner

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Exploiting someone for one's personal gain

patronising^UK

patronizing^US

victimising^UK

victimizing^US

using for one's own ends

living off the backs of

treating unfairly

withholding rights from

taking liberties with

capitalizing on

trading on

playing someone for a sucker

doing an injustice to

pimping

making unfair claims on

maximizing^US

utilizing^US

making capital out of

utilising^UK

making the most of

using to advantage

drawing on

maximising^UK

getting mileage out of

using to good advantage

putting to good use

making the best use of

putting to use

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Present participle for to cheat or swindle, especially by overcharging

victimising^UK

victimizing^US

pulling a fast one on

putting one over on

short-changing

pulling a swifty on

selling down the river

giving someone a bum steer

leading up the garden path

chiseling^US

chiselling^UK

taking to the cleaners

selling a bill of goods to

taking someone for a ride

pulling the wool over somebody's eyes

pulling the wool over someone's eyes

putting one over on someone

doing someone in the eye

selling a bill of goods

pulling the wool over one's eyes

leading one down the garden path

wringing

pulling a fast one on someone

weaseling^US

weaselling^UK

pulling something funny

stacking the cards

hitting below the belt

beating around the bush

worming one's way out of

selling someone down the river

bilking of

framing

stumping

leading somebody down the garden path

taking to the cleaner's

getting the better of

pulling someone's leg

penalising^UK

baulking^UK

balking^US

penalizing^US

bleeding someone of something

stealing someone blind

biasing^US

biassing^UK

stage-managing

twisting around your little finger

sucking the life out of

strong-arming

pauperizing

putting the screws to

pulling wool over eyes

propagandising^UK

misrepresenting

putting up smoke screen

bunking

giving wrong information to

giving the wrong impression

fabricating

lying

sending on a wild goose chase

distorting

putting on the wrong track

covering up

playing trick on

putting on an act

leading up garden path

propagandizing^US

putting on false front

imposing on

throwing off the scent

manoeuvring^UK

maneuvering^US

pulling somebody's leg

leading down the garden path

departing from the truth

telling a lie

telling stories

making up a story

not telling the truth

committing perjury

bearing false witness

telling a terminological inexactitude

slipping something over on

hypnotizing^US

mesmerizing^US

playing a practical joke on

sending on a wild-goose chase

fitting up

buttering up

going one better than

making use of

putting someone up to something

cuckoldizing

shaving

mesmerising^UK

hypnotising^UK

making somebody look an idiot

telling a little white lie

shoveling^US

speaking with forked tongue

planting

shovelling^UK

engineering

playing fast and loose with

yanking somebody's chain

saying something untrue

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“It has been demonstrated that he is unwilling to rip off his customers with a shoddy product.”

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Present participle for to physically tear or pull off or out

unraveling^US

unravelling^UK

putting at a distance

going your separate ways

canceling^US

cancelling^UK

becoming disconnected

getting out from under

itemizing^US

itemising^UK

keeping at arm's length

withdrawing the affections of

driving a wedge between

turning your back on

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“Perhaps we just need to rip off the bandaid and give it a good dose of Dettol.”

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Present participle for to physically tear apart

“We had to rip off your shirt in order to get to the superficial cuts underneath it.”

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Present participle for to steal

moonlight requisitioning

salvaging

salvageing

having sticky fingers

dispossessing someone of

gaining possession of

putting hand in cookie jar

committing white-collar crime

stealing money

having one's hand in the till

laying waste

pirating

dipping into the public purse

defrauding someone of

vandalizing^US

vandalising^UK

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Present participle for to reproduce something for one's own benefit, typically without the owner's consent

infringing the copyright of

passing off as your own

monkeying

cheating

copying illegally

reproducing illegally

passing off as one's own

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Present participle for take or follow as a model

Verb

Borrowing from

Noun

The fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner

breaking and entering

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