Meaning | deprive of by deceit. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP |
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Synonyms | victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, mulct, hornswoggle, short-change, con |
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Narrower | short-change, short | cheat someone by not returning him enough money |
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Broader | cheat, rip off, chisel | deprive somebody of something by deceit |
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Spanish | dar gato por liebre, defraudar, embaucar, engañar, estafar, petardear, timar, victimizar |
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Catalan | defraudar, entabanar, estafar |
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Nouns | scam | a fraudulent business scheme |
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scammer | a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud / fraud |