| Main Entry: | rip off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | rob; trick |
Synonyms: |
abuse, appropriate, bleed, cheat, con*, cop, defraud, dupe, exploit, filch, fleece, heist, impose on, lift*, nab, pilfer, pinch, plunder, ransack, relieve, rifle, skin*, soak*, stick*, swindle, swipe, thieve, use |
Antonyms: |
give, offer |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | con |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deceive, defraud |
Synonyms: |
bamboozle*, bilk, cajole, cheat, chicane, coax, double-cross, dupe, flimflam, fool, hoax, hoodwink, hornswoggle, humbug, inveigle, mislead, rip off, rook, sweet-talk, swindle, trick, wheedle |
Antonyms: |
be forthright, be honest |
| Main Entry: | defraud |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cheat, bilk |
Synonyms: |
bamboozle, beguile, burn, chouse, circumvent, clip, con, cozen, deceive, delude, do, do number on, do out of, dupe, embezzle, fleece, flimflam, foil, hoax, jive, milk, outwit, pilfer, pull fast one, rip off, rob, shaft*, shuck, stick*, sucker into, swindle, take in*, take to the cleaner's, take*, trick, victimize |
Antonyms: |
contribute, help, repay, support |
| Main Entry: | dupe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fool someone |
Synonyms: |
baffle, bamboozle*, beguile, betray, catch, cheat, chicane, circumvent, con, cozen, deceive, defraud, delude, double-cross, dust*, flimflam, gull, hoax, hoodwink*, hornswoggle, jerk around, kid, mislead, outwit, overreach, pull one's leg, pull something, rip off, rook, rope in, shaft, spoof, swindle, trick, victimize |
| Main Entry: | filch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | steal |
Synonyms: |
cop, crib*, embezzle, hustle*, lift*, misappropriate, pilfer, pinch*, purloin, rip off, rob, scrounge, sneak, snipe, snitch, swipe, take, thieve, walk off with |
Antonyms: |
contribute, give |
| Main Entry: | fleece |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plunder, steal |
Synonyms: |
bleed, burn*, cheat*, clip, con, cozen, defraud, despoil, flimflam, gouge, hustle, jerk around, milk, mulct, overcharge, pluck, rifle, rip off, rob, rook, rope in, run a game on, sell a bill of goods, shaft*, strip, swindle, take for a ride, take to the cleaners |
Antonyms: |
give, offer |
| 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: | knock off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | steal |
Synonyms: |
filch, knock over, loot, pilfer, pinch, plunder, purloin, ransack, relieve, rifle, rip off, rob, thieve |
Antonyms: |
give |
| Main Entry: | loot |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | steal goods |
Synonyms: |
appropriate, boost, burglarize, despoil, grab, gut, liberate, lift, loft, make, moonlight requisition, pillage, plunder, raid, ransack, ravage, relieve, requisition, rifle, rip off, rob, sack, salvage, smash and grab, snatch, snitch, stick up, swipe, take, thieve, tip over |
Antonyms: |
give, receive |