VERB | social | diddle, victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, hornswoggle, short-change, con | deprive of by deceit |
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contact | diddle, toy, fiddle, play | manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination |
Meaning | deprive of by deceit. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP | |
Model | They diddle him of all his money | |
Synonyms | victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, hornswoggle, short-change, con | |
Narrower | short-change, short | cheat someone by not returning him enough money |
Broader | cheat, rip off, chisel | deprive somebody of something by deceit |
Spanish | dar gato por liebre, defraudar, embaucar, engañar, estafar, petardear, timar, victimizar | |
Catalan | defraudar, entabanar, estafar |
Meaning | manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s PP | |
Synonyms | toy, fiddle, play | |
Narrower | put out, retire | Cause to be out on a fielding play |
Broader | manipulate | hold something in one's hands and move it |
Spanish | jugar, juguetear |
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