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Main Entry:	con
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	trick
Synonyms:	bluff, cheat, crime, deception, double-cross, dupe, fraud, graft, mockery, swindle, take in, gold brick
Antonyms:	honesty, truthfulness

Main Entry:	con
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	deceive, defraud
Synonyms:	bamboozle, bilk, cajole, cheat, coax, double-cross, dupe, flimflam, fool, hoax, hoodwink, hornswoggle, humbug, inveigle, mislead, rip off, rook, swindle, trick, wheedle, chicane, sweet-talk
Antonyms:	be forthright, be honest

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Main Entry:	artifice
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	hoax; clever act
Synonyms:	con, contrivance, device, dodge, expedient, gambit, gimmick, machination, maneuver, play, ploy, racket, ruse, savvy, scam*, stratagem, subterfuge, tactic, wile
Antonyms:	candor, frankness, honesty, honor, innocence, reality, sincerity, truthfulness, ingenuousness, openness

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Main Entry:	bamboozle
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	fool; cheat
Synonyms:	baffle, befuddle, bilk, con, confound, confuse, deceive, defraud, delude, dupe, flimflam, hoax, hoodwink, hornswoggle*, mystify, perplex, puzzle, stump, swindle, trick
Antonyms:	be honest

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Main Entry:	beguile
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	fool
Synonyms:	betray, bluff, burn, cheat, chisel, con, deceive, delude, double-cross, dupe, entice, exploit, finesse, flimflam, gyp, have, hoodwink, jockey, juggle, lure, manipulate, mislead, play, rook, scam, seduce, shave, snow, stick, string along, take, take in, trick, impose on, play for a sucker, rope in, suck in

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Main Entry:	bilk
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	cheat
Synonyms:	bamboozle, beat, circumvent, con, deceive, defraud, disappoint, do, fleece, flimflam, foil, frustrate, gyp, overreach, rook, ruin, snow*, swindle, thwart, trick
Antonyms:	give, give away

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Main Entry:	bluff
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	deceive
Synonyms:	affect, beguile, betray, con, counterfeit, defraud, delude, double-cross, fake, feign, fool, humbug, juggle, lie, mislead, pretend, put on, sham, shuck, simulate, snow, take in, trick, bunco, fake out, illude, jive, psych out
Antonyms:	come clean, reveal, tell truth

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Main Entry:	boast
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	brag
Synonyms:	advertise, aggrandize, attract attention, blow, blow one's own horn, blow smoke, bluster, bully, cock-a-doodle-doo, con, congratulate oneself, crow, exaggerate, exult, fake, flatter oneself, flaunt, flourish, gasconade, give a good account of oneself, gloat, glory, grandstand, hug oneself, jive, lay on thick, prate, preen, psych, puff, shoot, shovel, show off, showboat, shuck, sling, sound off, strut, swagger, talk big, triumph, vapor
Antonyms:	be modest, deprecate

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Main Entry:	cajole
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	attempt to coax; flatter
Synonyms:	banter, beguile, blandish, bootlick, brownnose, build up, butter up, con, crowd, deceive, decoy, delude, dupe, entice, entrap, induce, influence, inveigle, jolly, lure, maneuver, massage, mislead, oil, push, seduce, snow, soap, soften, stroke, tantalize, tempt, urge, wheedle, apple polish, argue into, get around, get next to, hand a line, lay it on thick, make up to, play up to, rub the right way, soft-soap, spread it on, suck up to, sweet-talk, sweeten up, work on, work over
Antonyms:	bully, force, repel

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Main Entry:	captive
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	person held physically
Synonyms:	con, convict, hostage, prisoner, prisoner of war, slave, bondman, bondservant, bondwoman, detainee, internee
Antonyms:	independent, free man

Main Entry:	charlatan
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	swindler
Synonyms:	cheat, con, con artist, fake, fraud, mountebank, phony, pretender, quack, sham, imposter, rip-off artist

Main Entry:	cheat
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	trick
Synonyms:	artifice, baloney, bill of goods, chicanery, con, con game, deceit, deception, dirty pool, dodge, double-dealing, fake, fix, flimflam, frame, fraud, gyp, hanky-panky, hoax, humbug, hustle, imposture, jazz, plant, racket, rip-off, scam, sell, sham, shell game, snow job*, spoof, sting, stunt, swindle, trickery, whitewash, wrong, bamboozlement, bunco, cover up, cozening, dirty trick, fast one, fast shuffle, hoaxing, jive, put-on, run around, shady deal

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Main Entry:	cheat
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	defraud, fool
Synonyms:	bamboozle, beat, beguile, bilk, bleed, bunco, burn, caboodle, chisel, con, cozen, crib, cross, deceive, defraud, delude, diddle, do a number on, do, double-cross, double-deal, dupe, fast talk, finagle, fleece, flimflam, fudge, give bum steer, gouge, gyp, hoodwink, hose, jerk around, milk, mislead, pull one's leg, ream, rip off, rook*, rope in, sandbag, scam, screw, shaft, short, shuck, skin, snow, stiff, sucker, swindle, take, take for a ride, take in, take out, trick, trim, two-time, victimize

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Main Entry:	coax
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	persuade
Synonyms:	allure, barter, beguile, blandish, blarney, butter up*, cajole, come on, con, decoy, entice, flatter, get, hook, importune, induce, influence, inveigle, lure, pester, plague, press, soothe, tease, tempt, urge, wangle, wheedle, argue into, arm-twist, jawbone, prevail upon, rope in, soft-soap, sweet-talk, talk into, work on, worm
Antonyms:	allow, not care

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Main Entry:	convict
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	criminal
Synonyms:	captive, con, culprit, felon, loser*, malefactor, prisoner, jailbird, long-termer, repeater
Antonyms:	victim

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Main Entry:	criminal
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	person who breaks the law
Synonyms:	con, convict, crook, culprit, delinquent, desperado, evildoer, felon, fugitive, gangster, heavy, hood, hoodlum, hooligan, hustler, lawbreaker, malefactor, mobster, mug, muscle, offender, outlaw, racketeer, sinner, thug*, trespasser, wrongdoer, bad actor, black marketeer, blackmailer, deuce, ex-con, guerilla, inside person, jailbird, repeater, scofflaw, slippery eel, transgressor, yardbird
Antonyms:	law, police

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Main Entry:	culprit
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	person responsible for wrongdoing
Synonyms:	con, convict, criminal, delinquent, evildoer, felon, fugitive, malefactor, miscreant, offender, rascal, sinner, wrongdoer, ex-con, guilty party, jailbird, transgressor, yardbird

Main Entry:	deceive
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	mislead; be dishonest
Synonyms:	bamboozle, beat, beguile, betray, bilk, burn, cheat, circumvent, clip, con, cozen, defraud, delude, disappoint, double-cross, dupe, ensnare, entrap, fake, falsify, fleece, fool, gouge, gull, hoax, hoodwink, hook, humbug, outwit, put on, rob, scam, screw, sell, skin, swindle, take advantage of, take in, trick, victimize, beat out of, buffalo, cross up, impose upon, lead on, play joke on, pull fast one, suck in, take for, take for ride, take to cleaners
Antonyms:	be honest

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Main Entry:	deception
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	trick
Synonyms:	artifice, bilk, bluff, catch, cheat, chicane, con, con game, confidence game, cover-up, crock, decoy, device, dodge, fallacy, fast one, fast shuffle, feint, fib, fraud, gimmick, hoax, hogwash, hustle, illusion, imposture, jive, lie, malarkey, mare's-nest, pretext, ride, ruse, scam, sham, shift, shuck, snare, snow job, stall, sting, story, stratagem, subterfuge, swindle, trap, trick, whitewash, wile, wrinkle

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Main Entry:	decoy
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	bait, entrap
Synonyms:	allure, come on, con, deceive, delude, ensnare, entice, fascinate, inveigle, lure, mislead, seduce, steer, tempt, toll, tout, trap, wile, egg one on, ensorcell, lead on, lead up garden path, mousetrap, rope in, shill, suck in