hornswoggle (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *hornswoggle*:
VERB	social	hornswoggle, victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, short-change, con	deprive of by deceit

English > *hornswoggle*: 1 sense > verb 1, social
Meaning	deprive of by deceit.
Pattern	Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP
Synonyms	victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, 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

HyperDic: hornswoggle