| Main Entry: | flimflam |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deceive, swindle |
Synonyms: |
bilk, burn*, cheat, chisel, con, defraud, diddle, dupe*, fleece, fool, gip, gull, gyp, hose, pull a fast one, rip off, rook, sandbag, scam, shaft, steal, take for a ride, trick |
| Main Entry: | foist |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | force upon |
Synonyms: |
compel to accept, fob off, impose, insert fraudulently, palm off, pass off, pull a fast one, ram down one's throat, sneak in |
| Main Entry: | hoodwink |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deceive |
Synonyms: |
bamboozle*, beat out of, bilk, bluff, buffalo, burn, cheat, con, defraud, double-cross, dupe, fake, fleece, fool, gull, gyp, hoax, hornswoggle, kid, mislead, pull a fast one, pull the wool over one's eyes, scam, screw, suck in, swindle, take advantage of, take for a ride, take to the cleaners, trick, victimize |
| Main Entry: | outdo |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | better, overcome |
Synonyms: |
beat, best, blow out of water, bulldoze, bury*, cook*, cream*, defeat, do in, down*, eclipse, exceed, excel, fake out, go one better, leave behind, lick*, outclass, outdistance, outfox, outgun, outjockey, outmaneuver, outrival, outshine, outsmart, outstrip, pull a fast one, shake off, shoot ahead, snow*, surpass, top, transcend, trash* |
Antonyms: |
fail, lose |
| Main Entry: | swindle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cheat, steal |
Synonyms: |
bamboozle, beat*, bilk, clip, con*, cozen, deceive, defraud, diddle, do*, dupe, extort, fleece, flimflam, fool, frame*, fudge, gouge, gull, hoodwink, overcharge, pluck, pull a fast one, put one over on, rip off, rook, run a game on, sandbag, scam, sell a bill of goods, set up, shaft, stiff*, sting*, sucker, take for a ride, take to the cleaners, trick, trim*, victimize |
Antonyms: |
donate, give |
| Main Entry: | take |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cheat, deceive |
Synonyms: |
bamboozle*, beat*, bilk, con, cozen, defraud, do*, dupe, fiddle, flimflam, gull, hoodwink, pull a fast one, swindle, take for a ride, trick |
Antonyms: |
be honest |
| Main Entry: | welsh |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | renege, swindle |
Synonyms: |
bamboozle, beat around the bush, bilk, cheat, con, cop out, deceive, defraud, dodge, duck, dupe, fleece, flimflam, fool, gull, hoodwink, pull a fast one, rip off, sandbag, scam, shaft, slip out, stiff*, sting*, take for a ride, take to the cleaners, trick, weasel, worm one's way out of |
| Main Entry: | put something over on |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fool someone |
Synonyms: |
deceive, pull a fast one, put on, take in |
| Main Entry: | palm off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | foist |
Synonyms: |
compel to accept, fob off, impose, insert fraudulently, pass off, pull a fast one, put off, ram down one's throat, sneak in |
| Notes: | palm off means 'to deceive or defraud someone with something inferior'; pawn off has become a variant |