English > chisel: 4 senses > verb 2, social| Meaning | deprive somebody of something by deceit. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody of something |
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| Example | "They chiseled me out of my money" |
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| Synonyms | cheat, rip off |
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| Entails | deceive, lead on, delude, cozen | Be false to |
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| Narrower | beat, bunk | avoid paying |
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| bilk | cheat somebody out of what is due, especially money |
| cozen | cheat or trick |
| gazump | Raise the price of something after agreeing on a lower price |
| gyp, gip | (sometimes offensive) to cheat or swindle |
| juggle, beguile, hoodwink | Influence by slyness |
| overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook | rip off |
| victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, hornswoggle, short-change, con | deprive of by deceit |
| welsh, welch | cheat by avoiding payment of a gambling debt |
| whipsaw | victimize, especially in gambling or negotiations |
| Broader | victimize, victimise | make a victim / victim of |
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| Spanish | arrancar, birlar, descuerar, engañar, estafar, timar |
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| Catalan | ensarronar, estafar |
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| Nouns | chiseller, chiseler | a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud / fraud |
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