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Contexts

To cheat, deceive or defraud someone for personal gain

To inflict emotional or physical harm or distress upon

Verb

To cheat, deceive or defraud someone for personal gain

take to the cleaners

put one over on

take for a ride

pull a fast one on

take advantage of

pull a swifty on

lead up the garden path

sell down the river

give someone a bum steer

break the rules

outmanoeuvre^UK

pull the wool over someone's eyes

do the dirty on

pull a fast one

sell a bill of goods to

lead down the garden path

play for a sucker

be unfaithful to

play someone false

sell a bill of goods

get the better of

stab in the back

break faith with

use for one's own ends

charge too much

take to cleaners

be cleverer than

steal a march on

run rings round

make rings round

do someone in the eye

lead up garden path

take liberties with

live off the backs of

throw dust in someone's eyes

withhold rights from

do an injustice to

put the screws to

suck the life out of

take for a fool

play games with

play a trick on

make a sucker of

pull someone's leg

play for a fool

do someone dirty

bleed someone of something

take unfair advantage of

stretch the rules

pull something funny

stack the cards

hit below the belt

propagandize^US

steal someone blind

propagandise^UK

twist around your little finger

put on the wrong track

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

give the business

take advantage of somebody

be inconstant to

do someone out of something

go one better than

worm something out of someone

put the bite on someone for

blackmail someone for

obtain under duress

obtain by force

obtain by threats

make pay through nose

obtain by threat

find a loophole in

exploit a loophole in

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Verb

To inflict emotional or physical harm or distress upon

do an injustice to

do the dirty on

take advantage of

do a disservice to

kick in the teeth

be violent toward

be detrimental to

do an injury to

trespass against

step on the toes of

give no quarter

lay a bad trip on

hit where one lives

inflict suffering on

inflict pain on

cause injury to

lay a finger on

cast aspersions on

cut to the quick

treat disrespectfully

blacken the name of

do a hatchet job on

give a black eye

drag through the mud

spread lies about

sully the reputation of

conduct a smear campaign against

bring discredit to

blacken the reputation of

inveigh against

vituperate against

make somebody's hackles rise

ruffle one's feathers

put your back up

raise your hackles

give the cold shoulder

slap in the face

give offence to

cause offence to

hurt somebody's feelings

step on one's toes

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Nearby Words

give the show away

give the skinny on

give the slip to

give the stamp of approval to

give the seal of approval to

give the sack to

give the rundown on

give the rundown

give the run around

give the runaround

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