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Noun
▲
A fraudulent scheme or action
fraud
sting
deception
deceit
fiddle
racket
rip-off
trickery
con
scam
cheat
imposture
sham
trick
bunco
chicanery
exploitation
flimflam
imposition
swizz
swizzle
artifice
bunko
diddle
dodge
double-dealing
gyp
hustle
ruse
sharp practice
wile
fastie
knavery
roguery
blackmail
cheating
con trick
embezzlement
extortion
fake
frame-up
hoax
scheme
sell
shakedown
shell game
stealing
confidence trick
crooked deal
dirty pool
double cross
fast one
fast shuffle
shady deal
more ❯
“It was also part of a stock swindle involving hundreds of millions of dollars on the Montreal Stock Exchange.”
Noun
▲
Deviousness or aimlessness
slyness
guile
craftiness
cunning
deviousness
artifice
craft
wiliness
artfulness
deceit
duplicity
fraud
trickery
dishonesty
cheating
chicanery
foxiness
cunningness
subtlety
guilefulness
sneakiness
crookedness
fraudulence
deceitfulness
slickness
canniness
cageyness
caginess
chicane
flimflam
unscrupulousness
subtleness
underhandedness
mendacity
falsity
perfidy
perfidiousness
treachery
trickiness
corruption
falsehood
criminality
racket
faithlessness
fourberie
graft
rascality
infidelity
bunk
infamy
insidiousness
shiftiness
stealing
shadiness
improbity
indirection
evasiveness
furtiveness
hanky-panky
double-dealing
hocus-pocus
sharp practice
hypocrisy
betrayal
insincerity
treason
unfaithfulness
two-facedness
bad faith
disloyalty
double-crossing
two-timing
hoodwinking
duping
bluff
back-stabbing
bluffing
legerdemain
pretenceUK
obfuscation
foul play
Punic faith
breach of trust
stab in the back
boondoggle
beguilement
hokum
blarney
defraudation
prevarication
disinformation
equivocation
imposition
pretenseUS
sophism
dirt
circumvention
untruth
juggling
trumpery
fast one
snow job
fakeness
disingenuousness
artificiality
pretentiousness
quackery
affectation
casuistry
duplicitousness
unctuousness
pharisaism
glibness
faithless
imposture
sanctimony
cant
mockery
sanctimoniousness
pharisaicalness
speciousness
hollowness
phoniness
hoax
display
lie
backhandedness
tartuffery
snide
being two-faced
false profession
put-on
lip service
more ❯
Noun
▲
The action of taking property unlawfully from a person or place by force or threat of force
robbery
theft
stealing
larceny
burglary
thievery
embezzlement
mugging
fraud
raid
filching
pilfering
pillage
plunder
shoplifting
steaming
break-in
hold-up
housebreaking
looting
misappropriation
depredation
heist
smash-and-grab
stick-up
swindling
blag
rapine
rip-off
snatch
spoliation
breaking and entering
caper
felony
hit
holdup
job
nicking
purse-snatching
stickup
wrongdoing
home invasion
mortal sin
unlawful act
plagiarism
pinching
pocketing
plundering
banditry
thievishness
trespassing
safecracking
housebreak
prowl
forced entry
breaking in
sting
aggravated burglary
second-story work
owl job
more ❯
Noun
▲
A profession or occupation
calling
profession
line
occupation
trade
work
employment
business
career
pursuit
province
craft
vocation
game
job
lay
métier
mission
employ
field
art
day job
do
dodge
gig
go
handicraft
hang
lifework
metier
nine-to-five
play
racket
slot
line of work
day gig
rat race
life's work
walk of life
role
task
thing
living
chosen work
part
purpose
sphere
walk
skill
biz
enterprise
what one is into
duty
opportunity
patronage
custom
handcraft
bag
discipline
handiwork
tier
specializationUS
commitment
obligation
recruitment
hiring
assignment
specialisationUK
contracting
specialtyUS
concern
avocation
specialityUK
undertaking
service
line of employment
means of earning one's living
lick
affair
grindstone
moonlight
more ❯
Noun
▲
A hidden or unsuspected danger or difficulty
pitfall
danger
hazard
peril
difficulty
risk
catch
trap
drawback
snag
imminence
issue
menace
problem
threat
trouble
deadfall
downfall
pit
snare
uphill
consequence
downside
entanglement
hook
mesh
mousetrap
quicksand
setup
toil
web
stumbling block
banana skin
more ❯
Verb
▲
To cheat, deceive or defraud someone for personal gain
cheat
defraud
do
fleece
con
sting
trick
deceive
dupe
rook
stiff
bamboozle
diddle
bleed
squeeze
fiddle
skin
bilk
cozen
exploit
fool
hoodwink
milk
delude
embezzle
euchre
hoax
mislead
rip off
swizz
gull
mulct
overcharge
swizzle
beat
chisel
chouse
finagle
flimflam
gaff
gazump
gyp
hornswoggle
hose
hustle
nobble
pluck
ream
screw
short
shortchange
skunk
stick
string along
sucker
thimblerig
victimiseUK
victimizeUS
bunco
scam
sharp
take advantage of
bilk of
clip
do in
double-cross
extort
frame
fudge
gouge
sandbag
shaft
shake down
steal
take for a ride
trim
put one over on
pull a fast one on
sell a pup to
set up
do out of
put one over on someone
take someone for a ride
take to the cleaners
be sold a pup
pull a fast one
pull a fast one on someone
run a game on
sell a bill of goods
snooker
burn
beguile
take in
have
bluff
humbug
snow
misguide
fake out
misinform
spoof
juggle
outwit
have on
suck in
gammon
buffalo
catch
pull a swifty on
betray
kid
chicane
overreach
outmaneuverUS
outmanoeuvreUK
rob
lead up the garden path
outfox
entrap
circumvent
sell
lead on
stitch up
do a number on
illude
do the dirty on
short-change
inveigle
pull the wool over somebody's eyes
pull one's leg
outsmart
rush
sell down the river
fox
manipulate
give someone a bum steer
goldbrick
wring
sell a bill of goods to
soak
outslick
rope in
two-time
outthink
seduce
ensnare
caboodle
double-deal
sell a pup
baffle
juke
prey on
jive
disappoint
impose on
break faith with
make a fool of
suck dry
sell out
let down
pull the wool over someone's eyes
fail
lead astray
pull the wool over one's eyes
lead one down the garden path
stab in the back
extract
abuse
outjockey
cross
balkUS
outplay
outdo
take
defeat
jerk around
disinform
fake
outguess
top
use
befool
outgeneral
wheedle
beat out of
deprive
goose
worst
jip
confuse
cap
bewilder
take someone in
surcharge
put on
screw over
get the better of
end run
figure out
baulkUK
play false
be disloyal to
be unfaithful to
charge too much
intimidate
despoil
frustrate
blackmail
wrest
thwart
plunder
contrive
misuse
wangle
pilfer
trap
backstab
shuck
cuckold
lure
finesse
out-think
take to cleaners
catch out
gip
enslave
coax
lie to
impose upon
step out
mousetrap
play away
pull fast one
lie
four-flush
pull something
do someone in the eye
double deal
ill-treat
run rings round
treat unfairly
play on
walk over
have someone on
be cleverer than
make rings round
lead up garden path
walk all over
live off the backs of
pull wool over eyes
play trick on
withhold rights from
steal a march on
put one over
do someone dirty
jiggle
fraud
sell someone down the river
rip-off
rifle
stretch the rules
bend the rules
pull something funny
stack the cards
hit below the belt
penaliseUK
punish
penalizeUS
fine
forfeit
dispossess
play
shear
strip
molest
pigeon
impose
carve
roughhew
sculpt
shape
incise
sculpture
hew
roughcast
filch
ruin
foil
outperform
stump
dust
cajole
sweet-talk
wrench
expel
force
heist
harass
hound
extortion
pad
overtax
nick
play dirty
scrounge
throw
sway
jockey
split
best
overcome
bleed dry
lead somebody down the garden path
lead down the garden path
oppress
wind up
go one better than
fix
flam
lirt
crib
blench
rogue
belirt
take to the cleaner's
do number on
sucker into
drain
bypass
impress
play a jest on
play a prank on
play a joke on
murphy
hook
falsify
bully
terrorizeUS
attack
pick on
pull someone's leg
make a sucker of
play a trick on
misdirect
exhaust
play a practical joke on
play-act
take out
fast talk
bias
pull wool over
take for
cross up
misstate
prevaricate
play games with
give bum steer
break the rules
play for a fool
con out of
deplete
sap
step on
ill-use
hocus-pocus
play joke on
take for ride
dodge
gaslight
tear from
bleed someone of something
eke out
doublespeak
misrepresent
sidestep
skirt
distort
pervert
bunk
tempt
propagandizeUS
entice
fabricate
upset
dissatisfy
terroriseUK
empty
reduce
phlebotomize
leech
draw
entangle
enmesh
propagandiseUK
bait
steal someone blind
rook out of
discourage
anger
evade
shortcut
pauperize
impoverish
confiscate
strong-arm
cover up
double-talk
dispirit
annoy
elude
be disloyal
be dishonest
go back on
be unfaithful
put on the wrong track
put on an act
wrong steer
put on false front
bait and switch
give wrong information to
send on a wild goose chase
throw off the scent
put up smoke screen
give the wrong impression
play games
stage-manage
pull strings
pull wires
disconcert
disaffect
dumbfound
vex
twist around your little finger
disgruntle
circumnavigate
stymie
disillusion
suck the life out of
put the screws to
depress
displease
get around
dishearten
sadden
aggrieve
dismay
dump on
prey upon
play upon
irritate
disenchant
disquiet
cash in on
exasperate
chagrin
discontent
break your word
break one's word
machinate
maneuverUS
engineer
mastermind
negotiate
play someone false
fail to satisfy
fall short of expectations
scheme
plot
wheel and deal
persuade
manoeuvreUK
foist
decoy
allure
soft-soap
charm
jolly
butter up
pretend
duck
influence
pull somebody's leg
induce
attract
joke
hypnotizeUS
enchant
woo
bewitch
mesmerizeUS
captivate
feign
sham
blandish
flatter
solicit
banter
affect
mock
dissimulate
hypnotiseUK
mesmeriseUK
dissemble
tantalizeUS
urge
stroke
oil
massage
soap
get round
pass off
tantaliseUK
work over
play up to
put up a front
lay it on thick
weasel
troll
make a monkey of
make somebody look an idiot
deke
slip out
cop out
worm one's way out of
beat around the bush
tease
pull in
defy
flirt
trifle
dally
slip something over on
toy
trip up
rebel against
disobey
belie
coquet
wanton
welsh
blag
challenge
entrance
make a fool of somebody
catfish
dazzle
blind
spellbind
give the runaround
ravish
titillate
psych out
send on a wild-goose chase
fit up
win over
toy with
trifle with
dally with
play with
bribe
pull
invite
steer
lay a trap for
shave
make use of
blarney
convince
string someone along
talk
palaver
play for a sucker
talk into
bootlick
soften
crowd
prevail on
push
brownnose
hack
rig
yuck
yuk
jest
jape
fun
josh
quip
gag
wisecrack
chaff
toll
honey
butter
rub the right way
make up to
suck up to
get next to
build up
spread it on
hand a line
work on
sweeten up
argue into
apple polish
play fast and loose with
doctor
simulate
counterfeit
avoid
cook
profess
assume
sweet talk
egg on
put someone up to something
overdo it
soften up
rag
ridicule
bother
game
detour
allege
interfere with
find a loophole in
tinker with
fudge with
fiddle with
exploit a loophole in
tamper with
end-run
outflank
fib
get past
prevent
queer
crimp
escape
cramp
shun
act
claim
aspire
impersonate
purport
steer clear of
stave off
get out of
ward off
find a way round
let on
pass yourself off as
make out
pass for
lay claim
masquerade
be deceitful
stonewall
malinger
be hypocritical
fish
jazz
claim falsely
whitewash
shuck and jive
make sport of
poke fun at
make fun of
yank somebody's chain
exaggerate
perjure
equivocate
misspeak
palter
bull
overdraw
misinstruct
forswear
BS
be economical with the truth
frame someone
not speak the truth
perjure yourself
make up a story
tell stories
invent a story
be untruthful
break promise
make believe
tell a lie
lack candor
forswear oneself
bear false witness
say something untrue
tell an untruth
commit perjury
not tell the truth
fake it
tell a falsehood
stretch the truth
tell a white lie
perjure oneself
tell untruths
forswear yourself
tell a terminological inexactitude
concoct a story
be forsworn
depart from the truth
more ❯
“He swindled investors out of millions of pounds.”
Verb
▲
To prearrange the outcome of an event, typically for one's own benefit
set up
fix
prearrange
rig
engineer
manipulate
fake
falsify
precontrive
predesign
preplan
tamper
juggle
doctor
gerrymander
influence
massage
arrange
manoeuvreUK
pervert
distort
forge
misrepresent
arrange fraudulently
cook
fiddle
tamper with
interfere with
trump up
trick
alter
change
fudge
finagle
twist
slant
bend
amend
garble
misstate
misreport
warp
misinterpret
misrelate
spin
colorUS
disguise
colourUK
scam
put a spin on
phony up
corrupt
diddle
flimflam
cook the books
transform
modify
revamp
edit
rework
revise
make alterations to
mess about with
meddle with
make changes to
make adjustments to
bias
hack
machinate
finesse
cheat
exploit
prejudice
affect
circumvent
outmanoeuvreUK
skew
bilk
mastermind
dupe
jockey
bamboozle
wangle
outmaneuverUS
snooker
defraud
game
quote out of context
crush
melt
decline
deteriorate
whitewash
wind
curve
writhe
slump
angle
con
mislead
lie
snow
knot
deceive
take out of context
gnarl
put one on
sag
make out like
deviate
belie
misconstrue
collapse
embellish
embroider
exploit a loophole in
find a loophole in
fudge with
patch
overstate
pad
exaggerate
cook up
magnify
fabricate
more ❯
Verb
▲
To dishonestly take something for one's own use
misappropriate
steal
pilfer
purloin
swipe
expropriate
filch
heist
lift
nick
pinch
pocket
rob
snitch
thieve
annexeUK
annexUS
appropriate
embezzle
hook
skim
snare
nip
pluck
plunder
take
whip
boost
cabbage
defalcate
palm
requisition
scrounge
snatch
trouser
bone
borrow
cop
peculate
rifle
abscond with
knock off
rip off
run off with
walk off with
half-inch
make off with
help oneself to
make away with
siphon off
help yourself
loot
shoplift
nab
snaffle
glom
abstract
liberate
nobble
crib
blag
souvenir
snavel
scrump
tief
clifty
walk
carry off
walk away with
run away with
take for oneself
go walkies
poach
burgle
raid
pillage
burglarizeUS
burglariseUK
have sticky fingers
flog
prig
jack
kidnap
abduct
ransack
remove
convert
cozen
withdraw
spirit away
cheat one of
take possession of
strip one of
defraud one of
stick up
hold up
be light-fingered
hold for ransom
help yourself to
steal from
knock over
take off
sack
despoil
relieve
gut
strip
bereave
ravage
spoil
devastate
reave
clean out
turn over
hijack
pickpocket
lose
drain
disinherit
abscond
withhold
con
strong-arm
oust
take from
make a raid on
rip-off
thieve from
maraud
vandalizeUS
depredate
fleece
spoliate
smash and grab
do over
moonlight requisition
grab
vandaliseUK
loft
lay waste to
tip over
salvage
clear out
make
wreak havoc on
empty
deprive
do
clear
divest
abate
stiff
mug
steam
lay bare
denude
rid
husk
uncover
take away
tear
hull
shed
bare
doff
shuck
displace
scale
excorticate
expose
slip out of
break into
more ❯
Verb
▲
Cause to become twisted together with or caught in
entangle
tangle
knot
snarl
twist
trap
intertwine
mat
ravel
snare
catch
enmesh
intertwist
jumble
ensnare
ensnarl
entoil
entrap
entwine
immesh
interlace
interweave
mesh
muddle
net
snag
coil
trammel
bewilder
burden
catch up
clog
compromise
confuse
corner
dishevel
embrangle
enchain
fetter
hamper
hook
impede
intertangle
mix up
puzzle
unsettle
come on
duke in
lead on
rope in
set up
more ❯
Verb
▲
Fail to fulfil an obligation, especially to repay a loan or to appear in a law court
default
backslide
backtrack
bilk
dodge
evade
rat
renege
welsh
levant
neglect
welch
back out
defraud
dishonourUK
dishonorUS
duck
fail
fall behind
not pay
repudiate
shirk
skate
skip
stiff
fail to honour
fail to pay
duck out
go into arrears
leave town
let lapse
meet under arch
run out on
skip out on
put on the cuff
see in the alley
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