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Deception by use of trickery or subterfuge

The act of stealing or misappropriating, especially of funds

The action or fact of profiteering off someone for personal gain

The trickery used by a cardsharp to cheat in card games

Present participle for to cheat, deceive or defraud someone for personal gain

Present participle for to prearrange the outcome of an event, typically for one's own benefit

Present participle for to dishonestly take something for one's own use

Present participle for to fail to fulfill an obligation or payment

Behaving or prone to behave in an untrustworthy, deceitful, or insincere way

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Noun

Deception by use of trickery or subterfuge

underhandedness

unscrupulousness

surreptitiousness

monkey business

double-crossing

criminal activity

misleading talk

sleight of hand

bait and switch

treacherousness

misrepresentation

illegal enterprise

confidence game

fraudulent scheme

bit of sharp practice

smoke and mirrors

misbehaviour^UK

prestidigitation

every trick in the book

optical illusion

confidence trick

untrustworthiness

mischievousness

ambidextrousness

specious reasoning

palace intrigue

lack of veracity

stab in the back

artful deception

misdemeanour^UK

sanctimoniousness

artful argument

piece of deception

hypocritical talk

hypocritical behaviour

conjuring trick

cunning stratagems

trahison des clercs

false-heartedness

breach of trust

breach of faith

hollow pretense

false pretension

use of fallacious arguments

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Noun

The act of stealing or misappropriating, especially of funds

misappropriation

misuse of funds

unauthorized removal

monkey business

white-collar crime

breaking and entering

second-story work

smash-and-grab raid

five-finger discount

break and entry

aggravated burglary

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Noun

The action or fact of profiteering off someone for personal gain

Noun

The trickery used by a cardsharp to cheat in card games

Verb

Present participle for to cheat, deceive or defraud someone for personal gain

double-crossing

stringing along

taking for a ride

putting one over on

taking advantage of

pulling a fast one on

taking to the cleaners

selling a pup to

pulling a fast one

running a game on

selling a bill of goods

pulling a swifty on

leading up the garden path

pulling the wool over someone's eyes

outmaneuvering^US

outmanoeuvring^UK

doing a number on

selling down the river

pulling one's leg

giving someone a bum steer

doing the dirty on

selling a bill of goods to

leading down the garden path

making a fool of

getting the better of

stabbing in the back

taking to cleaners

misrepresenting

charging too much

doing someone in the eye

pulling fast one

running rings round

stealing a march on

making rings round

playing someone false

breaking faith with

treating unfairly

living off the backs of

withholding rights from

playing trick on

walking all over

leading up garden path

putting the screws to

sucking the life out of

playing joke on

taking for ride

playing games with

playing for a sucker

doing number on

making a sucker of

pulling someone's leg

playing a trick on

doing someone dirty

pulling wool over

playing for a fool

stealing someone blind

bleeding someone of something

propagandizing^US

giving the business

stretching the rules

bending the rules

pulling something funny

stacking the cards

hitting below the belt

propagandising^UK

breaking the rules

giving bum steer

putting up smoke screen

giving wrong information to

giving the wrong impression

sending on a wild goose chase

putting on the wrong track

putting on an act

putting on false front

throwing off the scent

pulling strings

twisting around your little finger

going one better than

taking liberties with

tricking out of

dispossessing of

swindling out of

cheating out of

taking unfair advantage of

putting someone up to something

playing fast and loose with

slipping something over on

giving the runaround

sending on a wild-goose chase

making a monkey of

making somebody look an idiot

making a monkey out of

sweeping off feet

laying a trap for

finding a loophole in

exploiting a loophole in

interfering with

telling a white lie

departing from the truth

perjuring oneself

forswearing oneself

making up a story

stretching the truth

not telling the truth

putting up a front

telling an untruth

concocting a story

saying something untrue

inventing a story

telling a terminological inexactitude

committing perjury

telling a falsehood

telling stories

bearing false witness

breaking promise

telling untruths

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“Most egregious is their decision to blatantly swindle Bessie, by telling her that the first car they spot costs eight hundred dollars, which is the exact amount of money Bessie told them she had.”

Verb

Present participle for to prearrange the outcome of an event, typically for one's own benefit

arranging fraudulently

interfering with

misrepresenting

messing about with

misinterpreting

cooking the books

making adjustments to

making changes to

making alterations to

performing magic

pulling strings

predetermining the result of

prearranging the result of

stacking the deck

putting a spin on

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Verb

Present participle for to dishonestly take something for one's own use

misappropriating

absconding with

running off with

walking off with

making off with

helping oneself to

making away with

helping yourself

walking away with

running away with

taking for oneself

having sticky fingers

taking possession of

cheating one of

stripping one of

defrauding one of

holding for ransom

dispossessing of

gaining possession of

taking illegally

committing fraud

putting hand in cookie jar

committing white-collar crime

having one's hand in the till

dipping into the public purse

defrauding someone of

making claim to

cooking the books

claiming unduly

laying claim to

making free with

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Verb

Present participle for to fail to fulfill an obligation or payment

Adjective

Behaving or prone to behave in an untrustworthy, deceitful, or insincere way

dishonorable^US

dishonourable^UK

double-crossing

against the law

gone to the dogs

unsportsmanlike

unauthorized^US

against the rules

under-the-table

unauthorised^UK

under the counter

sticky-fingered

not to be trusted

under the table

unconscientious

economical with the truth

not to be depended on

intentionally misleading

unconstitutional

cloak-and-dagger

misrepresentative

of dubious character

potentially illegal

under-the-counter

contrary to law

snake in the grass

in violation of law

beyond contempt

not entirely truthful

terminologically inexact

demoralizing^US

demoralising^UK

like a snake in the grass

crazy like a fox

easily corrupted

open to bribery

good-for-nothing

not trustworthy

all talk and no action

not to be relied upon

nimble-fingered

of bad reputation

insurrectionary

unsubstantiated

hole-and-corner

playing politics

not straightforward

without law and order

lacking sincerity

with tongue in cheek

under suspicion

of doubtful honesty

open to question

not quite right

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