| Main Entry: | collusion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | secret understanding, often with intent to defraud |
Synonyms: |
bait and switch, bill of goods, bunco, cahoots, complicity, con game, connivance, conspiracy, craft, deceit, diddling, dodge, double-cross, fast shuffle, flam, flimflam, fradulent artifice, graft, guilt, guiltiness, gyp, intrigue, plot, racket, scam, scheme, shell game, skunk, sting*, trick, whitewash |
| Notes: | cooperation is always positive, collaboration is positive except in wartime (working with the enemy), and collusion is always negative (working together in secret for a dishonest purpose) |
| Main Entry: | misinform |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give wrong information intentionally |
Synonyms: |
bait and switch, cover up, deceive, disinform, double-talk, doublespeak, lead astray, lie, misdirect, misguide, mislead, misstate, mousetrap, pervert, prevaricate, put on an act, put on false front, put on*, put up smoke screen, signify, string along, wrong steer |
Antonyms: |
inform, tell all |
| Main Entry: | trickery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deception, joke |
Synonyms: |
bait and switch, cheat, cheating, chicane, chicanery, con, deceit, dishonesty, dodge, double-cross, double-dealing, dupery, fast shuffle, flimflam, fourberie, fraud, funny business, guile, hoax, imposture, pretense, quackery, razzle-dazzle, scam, sharp practice, shell game, shenanigans*, snow job, sting*, stunt, swindling, underhandedness |
| Main Entry: | con game |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | confidence game |
Synonyms: |
Ponzi, bait-and-switch, boiler room, bunco game, bunko, con, con job, confidence trick, flimflam, hustle, racket, rip-off, shell game, skin game, sting, swindle |
| Main Entry: | confidence game |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | con job |
Synonyms: |
Ponzi, bait-and-switch, boiler room, bunco game, bunko, con, con game, confidence trick, flimflam, hustle, racket, rip-off, shell game, skin game, sting, swindle |