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Verb
▲
To cheat, deceive or defraud someone for personal gain
cheat
defraud
con
bilk
fleece
hustle
stiff
sucker
swindle
bleed
cozen
diddle
flimflam
gyp
shortchange
victimiseUK
victimizeUS
chisel
fiddle
hose
mulct
ream
rook
screw
short
skin
skunk
squeeze
stick
sting
thimblerig
chouse
do
euchre
gaff
nobble
pluck
beat
rip off
do in
sell a bill of goods to
take for a ride
take to the cleaners
despoil
shear
strip
threaten
compel
demand hush money from
hold to ransom
ransom
dragoon
put the shake on
shake
bribe
press-gang
extort money from
intimidate
badger
obtain by threats
worm something out of someone
bully
put the bite on someone for
blackmail someone for
ice
secure
hold up
pinch
rack
obtain under duress
make pay through nose
obtain by force
put screws to
get
obtain
obtain by threat
put the arm on
outmaneuverUS
outmanoeuvreUK
manipulate
outfox
lead on
outsmart
seduce
ensnare
impose on
pull the wool over somebody's eyes
two-time
fox
befool
finesse
outslick
outthink
sell out
defeat
wangle
let down
pull the wool over someone's eyes
abuse
fake
baffle
juke
jockey
use
fail
be disloyal to
be unfaithful to
make a fool of
lead astray
stab in the back
outjockey
trap
step out
outplay
dodge
play away
outdo
cuckold
manoeuvreUK
catch out
outguess
top
misuse
disinform
outgeneral
goose
worst
jip
confuse
cap
bewilder
maneuverUS
lie
put on
take someone in
play false
break faith with
get the better of
end run
figure out
play on
pull the wool over one's eyes
lead one down the garden path
walk all over
elude
charge too much
evade
backstab
contrive
feign
play
machinate
take to cleaners
engineer
tempt
entice
out-think
enslave
mastermind
rig
impose upon
sham
lie to
bait
four-flush
double deal
distort
doctor
cook
mousetrap
have someone on
ill-treat
walk over
play games
pull strings
run rings round
treat unfairly
be cleverer than
make rings round
lead up garden path
step on
cash in on
live off the backs of
ill-use
throw dust in someone's eyes
pull wool over eyes
play trick on
withhold rights from
steal a march on
duck
weasel
do someone dirty
stretch the rules
bend the rules
pull something funny
stack the cards
hit below the belt
sell someone down the river
surcharge
slip out
cop out
worm one's way out of
beat around the bush
dispossess
impose
molest
play dirty
defy
filch
stump
steer
trip up
dust
harass
hound
rebel against
disobey
belie
outperform
heist
welsh
fix
bypass
pretend
extortion
pad
overtax
nick
sway
challenge
hook
falsify
throw
cuck
impress
blag
terrorizeUS
attack
pick on
wind up
best
overcome
take for
cross up
bleed dry
lead down the garden path
bias
sidestep
skirt
play a jest on
play a prank on
play a joke on
murphy
go one better than
flam
play a trick on
mock
play joke on
beat out of
take for ride
make a sucker of
split
pass off
psych out
misdirect
enchant
entrance
charm
attract
play a practical joke on
cuckoldize
play-act
con out of
pull wool over
pull someone's leg
gaslight
shortcut
misstate
prevaricate
dump on
prey upon
play upon
hypnotizeUS
woo
bewitch
dazzle
blind
mesmerizeUS
captivate
spellbind
play for a fool
win over
play games with
hocus-pocus
doublespeak
misrepresent
terroriseUK
soft-soap
steal someone blind
rook out of
pervert
bunk
propagandizeUS
fabricate
decoy
allure
solicit
circumnavigate
stymie
entangle
enmesh
propagandiseUK
butter up
cheat on
hypnotiseUK
mesmeriseUK
shave
stage-manage
pull wires
put on the wrong track
put on an act
cover up
wrong steer
put on false front
bait and switch
double-talk
give wrong information to
send on a wild goose chase
throw off the scent
put up smoke screen
give the wrong impression
get around
horn
put horns on
hornify
twist around your little finger
play for a sucker
be untrue to
be inconstant to
crowd
swag
graft
boodle
loot
play someone false
be unfaithful
negotiate
go back on
mistreat
patroniseUK
capitalize on
profit from
treat lightly
take liberties with
trifle with
maltreat
leverage
trade on
control
play with
target
patronizeUS
play someone for a sucker
use for one's own ends
be disloyal
hack
oppress
be dishonest
affect
influence
navigate
devise
scheme
plot
push around
proceed
operate
angle
design
fence
shift
conspire
leave holding the bag
go around
plan
work
come up with
upstage
intrigue
put one over
move
game
interfere with
find a loophole in
tinker with
fudge with
fiddle with
exploit a loophole in
tamper with
more ❯
“The government's hopes for its markets will never be realized if the bourses remain a place to shake down investors.”
Verb
▲
(of a police officer or other official) To pass the hands over (someone) in a search for hidden weapons, drugs, or other items
frisk
search
check
body-search
inspect
examine
fan
body search
pat down
give the once-over
run over
scan
screen
give the once over
Verb
▲
Search unsystematically and untidily through something
rummage
search
explore
ransack
scour
hunt through
comb
delve
dredge
examine
hunt
rake
rifle
root
troll
ferret in
forage
fossick
rootle
search through
delve in
dig in
dig through
disarrange
disarray
disorder
disorganize
disrupt
disturb
ferret about in
ferret around in
fish
fish about in
fumble
go through
grope
grub
jumble
poke
rifle through
root about in
root around in
scrabble about in
scrabble around in
seek
shake
sift through
sort through
spy
toss
fish around in
fossick through
grub about in
poke around in
turn over
ferret about
look through
mess up
mix up
poke around
rootle around in
roust around in
beat the bushes
search high heaven
turn inside out
turn upside down
leave no stone unturned
look high and low
more ❯
Verb
▲
To loot or plunder by force
ransack
pillage
plunder
loot
sack
despoil
maraud
raid
strip
ravage
rifle
rob
denude
depredate
devastate
gut
lay waste
reave
spoliate
steal from
appropriate
ferret
filch
hunt
investigate
lift
overhaul
peer
pilfer
pinch
poach
probe
pry
purloin
rape
ravish
rustle
scan
scrutiniseUK
scrutinizeUS
seek
seize
sound
spoil
spy
steal
thieve
vandaliseUK
vandalizeUS
look into
take away
turn out
make off with
turn upside down
leave no stone unturned
look all over for
look high and low
go over with a fine-tooth comb
blight
scupper
scotch
torpedo
obliterate
dash
undo
mar
mess up
nix
put the kibosh on
sabotage
defeat
banjax
queer
dish
break
blast
blow a hole in
put paid to
bring to naught
screw up
blow
eradicate
cruel
do for
injure
upset
louse up
foul up
frustrate
quash
kill
euchre
thwart
unbuild
make a mess of
harm
topple
knock down
abolish
put an end to
foil
play havoc with
overturn
stymie
bulldoze
crash
slaughter
erase
bring down
extirpate
expunge
cripple
put the lid on
undermine
liquidate
efface
eliminate
quell
bomb
deface
take out
blow up
vitiate
wipe off the map
end
blow to bits
dispatch
explode
fell
botch
disfigure
wipe off the face of the earth
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
throw a spanner in the works of
break down
destruct
snuff out
batter
zap
blot out
crool
massacre
do away with
finish
make a hash of
bring to an end
put a stop to
poison
hamper
terminate
hinder
cancel
finish off
squash
subvert
prevent
write off
obstruct
disable
delete
nullify
clobber
bust
mangle
scar
overcome
muck up
root out
butcher
blow away
reduce
pound
clean up
black out
dynamite
trounce
prang
blow sky-high
murder
throw down
bombard
torment
wrack up
dispose of
neutralizeUS
shell
afflict
cancel out
render ineffective
reduce to nothing
ruinate
threaten
interfere with
blemish
muller
negate
burst
smite
incinerate
suppress
maim
mutilate
deplete
strafe
flaw
bodge
cannonade
blitz
annul
execute
neutraliseUK
blitzkrieg
crack
balls up
hurt
exhaust
put at risk
obscure
wreak havoc with
disappoint
disfeature
bring to ruin
hit
down
blow to pieces
disassemble
excise
check
fracture
fragment
prejudice
rout
invalidate
barrage
disintegrate
conquer
lay low
smash up
debase
mow down
overpower
wax
reduce to rubble
blow out
reduce to ruins
beat
tear up
lay in ruins
crack up
wipe from the face of the earth
put down
strike out
dash to pieces
get rid of
damage beyond repair
put out of commission
put a damper on
wipe
log
dust
make desolate
stop
scuttle
avenge
chasten
chastise
bankrupt
cool
pop
make of no use or value
lower
bring about the downfall of
tumble
rattle
rip down
nip in the bud
disarrange
disturb
disorder
strike
deforest
stain
take down
let down
abrogate
benothing
delay
impede
convulse
slow
retard
unsettle
target
saturate
be the ruination of
endanger
floor
drop
taint
decay
turn upside-down
derange
slow down
jeopardizeUS
imperil
create chaos
play mischief with
burn out
bring to nought
put out of action
cause confusion in
cause turmoil in
throw into disarray
throw into disorder
throw into confusion
spend
wolf
put the skids under
unmake
capsize
spill
scatter
burn away
glitch up
commit genocide
kill off
cut down
bloody
crab
endamage
mow
ground
shipwreck
be the ruin of
seal the doom of
knock to pieces
be detrimental to
engulf
squelch
tear to pieces
put in toilet
gobble up
cross up
make useless
be a blot on the landscape
disgrace
blot
scratch out
blow down
cast down
slay
jeopardiseUK
cut a swath through
cook someone's goose
upset someone's apple cart
drain
absorb
envelop
expend
interrupt
rock
assassinate
bowl down
bowl over
be prejudicial to
be disadvantageous to
vanquish
implode
baulkUK
worst
shiver
splinter
be deleterious to
tank
hammer
lick
crimp
have
impoverish
craze
overreach
outmaneuverUS
outmanoeuvreUK
outfox
cramp
outsmart
offset
incapacitate
best
confound
dampen
run onto the rocks
pile up
thrash
stuff
split
draw down
use up
play out
defeat utterly
crucify
paste
whip
drub
administer the coup de grâce
drive to the wall
bump off
carry off
give the coup de grâce
put away
take someone's life
move in for the kill
scorch
discourage
bilk
dispirit
chill
balkUS
chagrin
baffle
circumvent
dismay
discomfort
abash
cloud
work against
make waves
rack
torch
drop bombs on
beat hollow
block
profane
marmalize
skunk
own
napalm
rake
splinterize
fragmentalize
fragmentize
scrunch
smash to smithereens
smatter
crunch
rive
rend
snap
bollix
rain on someone's parade
abort
fire upon
make mincemeat of
turn inside out
break into pieces
go through
burst one's bubble
blow out of the water
wipe the floor with
take to the cleaners
detonate weapon
zero in
open fire on
rain destruction
pollute
contaminate
dishonourUK
crush to smithereens
blow apart
combust
scald
intrude on
cremate
carboniseUK
carbonizeUS
plague
curse
blaspheme
pervert
do harm to
infect
befoul
commit sacrilege
degrade
burn to the ground
burn down
destroy by fire
burn up
reduce to ashes
burn to a crisp
have a negative effect on
have a negative impact on
knock for six
dishonorUS
outrage
treat sacrilegiously
prostitute
insult
scratch
axUS
scrub
off
cover
cut
axeUK
oppress
torture
treat with disrespect
blaspheme against
make lose face
commit sacrilege against
ink out
knock out
cross out
blank out
wash out
X-out
wipe off face of earth
blue pencil
KO
mark out
score out
block out
remove all traces of
shoot down
destroy root and branch
rub off
knock the stuffing out of
beset
burden
terrorizeUS
punish
excoriate
bedevil
bring to nothing
wreak havoc upon
terroriseUK
cause suffering to
more ❯
Verb
▲
To evoke or draw out (a reaction, answer, or fact) from someone
elicit
evoke
obtain
extract
derive
exact
extort
wrest
educe
excite
induce
prompt
bring about
bring out
cause
engender
generate
inspire
kindle
provoke
raise
squeeze
trigger
wring
bring forth
call forth
screw
arm-twist
badger
bite
bring
draw
draw out
evince
evolve
fetch
give rise to
milk
occasion
produce
rattle
shake
spark off
stimulate
worm out
draw forth
put muscle on
put the arm on
bring to light
force
coerce
wrench
twist
prize
pull
corkscrew
pry
uproot
yank
bleed
throttle
contort
turn
strangle
choke
strain
pinch
compress
root out
tear out
push
gouge
arouse
develop
get
rouse
stir up
incite
awaken
acquire
glean
take
procure
instigate
stir
encourage
beget
rally
activate
motivate
enkindle
lead to
whip up
originate
foment
invoke
foster
pique
impassion
animate
galvanizeUS
make
gather
galvaniseUK
result in
fire up
set off
touch off
gain
deduce
conclude
infer
stem
create
summon
precipitate
move
attain
inflame
goad
urge
spark
abet
brew
ferment
formulate
waken
tempt
prime
be given
start
energizeUS
conjure up
energiseUK
call up
rev up
pump up
egg on
bring on
summon up
pep up
spawn
rile
be the cause of
roil
promote
be the inspiration for
come by
spring
assimilate
pick up
electrify
agitate
blast
ravish
drag
assault
fire
take up
take on
breed
incense
irk
enthuse
burst
defile
bestir
begin
exercise
charge
vivify
work up
grill
enliven
vex
wind up
quicken
whet
suscitate
reap
charge up
work into lather
trigger off
commove
jolt
needle
use violence on
pick
wake up
feed the fire
shake up
madden
intensify
reason
receive
decide
judge
understand
extrapolate
collect
resurrect
build up
contribute to
make for
excogitate
make out
assume
arrive
elaborate
reach
trace
determine
follow
bring into being
attract
recall
suggest
manifest
work out
put together
court
set afoot
set on
start up
set going
echo
call
set on foot
cause to appear
solicit
impart
actualize
express
reproduce
capture
rekindle
conjure
encapsulate
entice
incarnate
impel
compel
prod
spur
woo
allure
persuade
coax
influence
dispose
press
drive
cajole
propel
incline
convince
impress
nudge
lead
sway
pressure
entreat
invite
countenance
issue
lure
command
bring to mind
call to mind
incentivizeUS
steel
actuate
exhort
invigorateUS
inspirit
ask for
hearten
uplift
impact
empower
vitalize
inveigle
exhilarate
convert
advise
embolden
refresh
incentiviseUK
pressuriseUK
prick
envigorateUK
strike
help
necessitate
pressurizeUS
incentify
put one in mind of
make happen
leave the door open to
call out
beg for
bring on oneself
call for
flirt with
remind one of
prevail on
cheer on
hint to
talk into
spur on
win over
boost up
suggest to
more ❯
Verb
▲
(experiment with or on) To perform an experimental procedure, especially for scientific purposes
experiment
test
trial
examine
investigate
analyseUK
analyzeUS
study
verify
appraise
assess
evaluate
explore
pilot
research
sample
try
assay
check
diagnose
inspect
observe
probe
prospect
scan
screen
scrutiniseUK
scrutinizeUS
weigh
experimentalize
review
vet
try out
carry out trials
conduct experiments
conduct research
carry out tests
delve into
dig into
do tests on
look into
turn over
carry out trials on
check out
go over
look at
put to the test
try on
try on for size
experiment with
field-test
fool with
give a tryout
make a trial run
play around with
put to trial
road-test
test drive
futz around
mess around
practice with
put through its paces
subject to an examination
put something to the test
see how wind blows
stack up
run something up the flagpole
send up a balloon
put something through its paces
run idea by someone
run it up a flagpole
prove out
match up
put someone through their paces
delve
search
sift
rummage
hunt
look
root
fossick
forage
dig
go into
dig down
check up on
search high and low
turn inside out
turn upside down
survey
look over
dissect
work over
inquire into
enquire into
check over
judge
consider
sound out
audit
measure
eyeball
catechize
taste
interrogate
pore over
canvass
feel out
query
case
audition
go over with a fine-tooth comb
size up
overlook
gaugeUK
scrutinate
think through
gageUS
estimate
frisk
eye
determine
go through
give it a go
ask
run
interview
weigh up
search into
cross-examine
give something the once-over
chew over
take stock of
sip
nibble
savorUS
savourUK
monitor
criticizeUS
grade
partake
feel
plumb
view
peruse
sound
parse
oversee
anatomize
ascertain
grill
read
con
criticiseUK
partake of
palpate
compare
count
scope
size
rate
peg
value
find out
pump
look see
reconnoitreUK
reconnoiterUS
pick apart
recce
scout
look-see
look at carefully
think about
give something a look-see
give something a going-over
conduct an investigation into
sweat
inquire of
conduct an enquiry into
check up
take a dekko at
put questions to
pick one's brains
rehearse
test the waters
give the third degree
cross-question
pry into
nitpick
interpret
drive
take for a spin
hash
find fault
look closely
take apart
pick holes
fathom
put into practice
try something out
run one's hands over
unpack a text
put under a microscope
examine closely
wear
identify
supervise
have a taste of
fit
practiceUS
practiseUK
superintend
have a look at
open up
kick around
leave no stone unturned
sort out
notice
clock
watch
give something a whirl
take a look at
subject to an inspection
kick the tires
give the once-over
try something on for size
put to the proof
test-drive
benchmark
attempt
essay
endeavorUS
seek
strive
take a reading of
resolve
separate
ponder
pierce
penetrate
experience
set an examination for
relish
divide
see
apprise
valuate
undertake
endeavourUK
sense
scent
smell
sweep
winnow
undersee
finger
sift through
press
put out a feeler
carry out an inquest into
perceive
brainstorm
inquisite
reduce
dissolve
disintegrate
decompose
pat down
pick at
seek an answer
put a question to
put through the wringer
seek information of
pop the question
hit up
enquire of
roast
needle
request information
put out feelers
request information of
buzz
make inquiries
seek information
hit
want to know
inquisition
put the screws to
excogitate
run down
sift the evidence concerning
do research into
wiretap
ask questions of
suss out
read into
give the once over
follow up
bite
try to get to the bottom of
scope out
brood over
deliberate on
muckrake
poke around
listen in
read up on
stake out
spy
conduct an inquiry into
make inquiry
bug
lick
mull over
be all ears
inquire about
enjoy
probe into
dive into
make enquiries about
underseek
search the evidence concerning
tap
poke
nose around
make inquiries about
search for
check into
chew
sup
break down
fractionate
give a go
dip into
calculate
guess
compute
reckon
quantitate
guesstimate
meterUS
quantify
calibrate
have one's number
figure in
take account of
figure
metreUK
adjudge
scale
tally
worm something out of someone
put the screws on
put through the mangle
put someone through the wringer
debrief
put through the third degree
take a shot at
take a stab at
campaign
electioneer
try the flavor of
get a hint of
hear
get a taste of
establish
discuss
bandy
agitate
debate
argue
moot
dispute
poll
certify
note
doorstep
tell
ventilate
ballot
circulariseUK
hash out
bat around or back and forth
be a ward heeler
hash over
circularizeUS
talk over
apply
consult
correct
candle
ensure
enquire about
take stock
test out
scout out
make sure of
keep account
give something a once-over
more ❯
Verb
▲
To do repeatedly so as to become skilled
practiceUS
rehearse
exercise
study
hone
sharpen
train
work
attempt
iterate
polish
repeat
try
drill
habituate
prepare
recite
run over
shake-down
become seasoned
build up
do again
dress rehearse
dry run
go over
go through
run through
try out
tune up
walk through
warm up
work out
enumerate
itemizeUS
detail
reel off
rattle off
itemiseUK
list
list rapidly
fire off
recount
catalogueUK
name
specify
numerate
catalogUS
tick off
spiel off
spell out
set out
relate
tell
recapitulate
give
cite
chronicle
chart
particularizeUS
run off
particulariseUK
set forth
check off
rattle something off
loose off
perfect
reel something off
schedule
refine
work at
work on
mention
tabulate
quote
identify
enrollUS
document
tally
break down
bill
keep count
set down
enrolUK
alphabetize
button down
make a list of
poll
arrange
lay out
note down
note
write down
calender
minute
summarizeUS
inventory
count noses
sum
summariseUK
keep tabs
specializeUS
specialiseUK
take account of
figure
describe
review
reiterate
delineate
narrate
present
depict
restate
report
din
act
chime
ready
recap
experiment
reenact
test
do over
run lines
take from the top
learn one's part
hold a reading
trot out
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