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A fraudulent scheme, deal or act

A clever or devious plan or scheme

A financial scheme where a person inflates the price of something before selling

To gain an advantage or profit by using unfair or deceitful methods

To deal with underhandedly

To describe or express in too exaggerated terms

Lacking in morals or ethics

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Noun

A fraudulent scheme, deal or act

confidence trick

fraudulent scheme

confidence game

misrepresentation

bit of sharp practice

bait-and-switch

smoke and mirrors

sleight of hand

piece of deception

treacherousness

bait and switch

monkey business

stab in the back

daylight robbery

sanctimoniousness

oldest trick in the book

underhandedness

illegal enterprise

criminal activity

hypocritical talk

hypocritical behaviour

secret understanding

fradulent artifice

fraudulent artifice

elaborate explanation

unscrupulousness

misleading talk

untrustworthiness

specious reasoning

artful argument

artful deception

surreptitiousness

double-crossing

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“This whole business was one big scam to rope me in, and you never planned to keep your end of the bargain.”

Noun

A clever or devious plan or scheme

course of action

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“He'll come up with a clever scam to prevent the wrath of the people.”

Noun

A financial scheme where a person inflates the price of something before selling

lie and sell high

market manipulation

Verb

To gain an advantage or profit by using unfair or deceitful methods

take advantage of

take for a ride

put one over on

pull a swifty on

pull a fast one on

lead up the garden path

sell down the river

give someone a bum steer

break the rules

take to the cleaners

pull the wool over someone's eyes

pull a fast one

outmanoeuvre^UK

do the dirty on

lead down the garden path

take to cleaners

sell a bill of goods

sell a bill of goods to

play for a sucker

throw dust in someone's eyes

lead up garden path

pull something funny

stack the cards

stretch the rules

hit below the belt

worm one's way out of

beat around the bush

take for a fool

play games with

get the better of

play a trick on

make a sucker of

play for a fool

do someone in the eye

pull someone's leg

play someone false

break faith with

be unfaithful to

propagandize^US

propagandise^UK

give wrong information to

send on a wild goose chase

throw off the scent

put on the wrong track

put up smoke screen

put on false front

bait and switch

give the wrong impression

stab in the back

twist around your little finger

find a loophole in

exploit a loophole in

steal a march on

be cleverer than

run rings round

make rings round

be economical with the truth

bear false witness

stretch the truth

do someone dirty

slip something over on

put someone up to something

go one better than

play fast and loose with

give the runaround

send on a wild-goose chase

misrepresent the truth

distort the truth

betray one's true intentions

make a monkey of

make a monkey out of

make somebody look an idiot

arrange fraudulently

throw off balance

put someone off their stride

catch on the hop

not speak the truth

make up a story

lie through one's teeth

forswear oneself

say something untrue

tell an untruth

not tell the truth

tell a falsehood

tell a white lie

perjure oneself

tell a terminological inexactitude

concoct a story

depart from the truth

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Verb

To deal with underhandedly

make arrangements for

be responsible for

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Verb

To describe or express in too exaggerated terms

overemphasise^UK

overemphasize^US

lay it on thick

make too much of something

stretch the truth

make a big thing of

make a federal case of

lay it on with a trowel

blow something out of all proportion

blow up out of all proportion

lay it on with a shovel

make a production out of

draw the longbow

make a mountain out of a molehill

blow out of proportion

pile it on about

lay it on thick about

make a drama out of a crisis

lay it on with a trowel about

make a big thing out of

chew the scenery

make a production of

attach too much importance to

attach too much weight to

overstate the case

draw the long bow

make federal case

make a big thing about

make a big deal out of something

quote out of context

give a false account of

take out of context

lay too much emphasis on

place too much emphasis on

chew up the scenery

stretch a point

blow up out of proportion

emphasize too much

allow too much for

magnify importance

express emotion

make a song and dance about

lay too much stress on

give someone a sob story

exaggerate information

go into detail about

make a mountain out of

sensationalize^US

make something out of nothing

spread on thick

go over the top about

go on and on about

sensationalise^UK

give substance to

get carried away

play on heartstrings

play to the gallery

play to gallery

make a performance of

go overboard with

embellish the truth

give fulsome praise

pay extravagant compliments

lay on with a trowel

strain yourself

make a thing about

pull the longbow

make a thing of

give a false idea of

bite off too much

run into the ground

rate too highly

assess too highly

exaggerate the worth of

focus attention on

give prominence to

call attention to

draw attention to

turn spotlight on

bring to the fore

lay emphasis on

put emphasis on

bring attention to

think too highly of

expect too much of

praise too highly

think too much of

exaggerate the merits of

prize too highly

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Adjective

Lacking in morals or ethics

dishonourable^UK

dishonorable^US

double-crossing

under-the-table

unsportsmanlike

unconscientious

against the law

under the table

against the rules

cloak-and-dagger

of dubious character

good-for-nothing

under the counter

potentially illegal

beyond contempt

demoralizing^US

demoralising^UK

good-for-naught

gone to the dogs

open to bribery

without standards

without scruples

unauthorized^US

beyond the pale

contrary to the rules

insurrectionary

hole-and-corner

unauthorised^UK

playing politics

not straightforward

under-the-counter

contrary to law

in violation of law

without law and order

evil-intentioned

Mephistophelian

unfavourable^UK

disadvantageous

counterproductive

beneath contempt

environmentally unfriendly

stick out like sore thumb

gossip-mongering

mephistophelean

in the fast lane

highly improper

lacking restraint

pleasure-seeking

ill-intentioned

deserving blame

accidentally on purpose

untrammelled^UK

overextravagant

disproportionate

unconstitutional

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