| Main Entry: | bill of goods |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deceive someone |
Synonyms: |
snow job, song and dance, the business |
| Main Entry: | cheat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trick |
Synonyms: |
artifice, baloney, bamboozlement, bill of goods, bunco, chicanery, con, con game, cover up, cozening, deceit, deception, dirty pool, dirty trick, dodge, double-dealing, fake, fast one, fast shuffle, fix, flimflam, frame, fraud, gyp, hanky-panky, hoax, hoaxing, humbug, hustle, imposture, jazz, jive, plant, put-on, racket, rip-off, run around, scam, sell, shady deal, sham, shell game, snow job, spoof, sting, stunt, swindle, trickery, whitewash, wrong |
| 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: | snow job |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | misrepresentation |
Synonyms: |
bill of goods, con, conning, flattery, flimflam, hosing, ripoff, scam, smoke and mirrors, soft sell, soft soap, song and dance, the business |
| Main Entry: | song and dance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | implausible story |
Synonyms: |
bill of goods, bull, con, elaborate explanation, jive, line, number, ripoff, scam, snow job, story, the business |
| Main Entry: | victimization |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cheat |
Synonyms: |
artifice, baloney, bamboozlement, bill of goods, bunco, chicanery, con, con game, cover up, cozening, deceit, deception, dirty pool, dirty trick, dodge*, double-dealing, fake*, fast one, fast shuffle, fix*, flimflam, frame*, fraud*, gyp, hanky-panky, hoax, hoaxing, humbug, hustle, imposture, jazz, jive, plant*, put-on, racket, rip-off, run around, scam*, sell, shady deal, sham*, shell game, snow job, spoof, sting*, stunt, swindle, trickery, whitewash, wrong |