| Main Entry: | shell game |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | confidence game |
Synonyms: |
bunco game, con game, thimblerig, thimblerigging |
| 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: | grift |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | swindle |
Synonyms: |
cheating, con game, confidence game, deceit, dirty pool, double-dealing, extortion, fix, fraud, racket, rip-off, scam, shady deal, shell game, stealing, sting, trickery |
| Main Entry: | scam |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | swindle |
Synonyms: |
blackmail, cheating, con, con game, crooked deal, deceit, deception, dirty pool, double-cross, double-dealing, extortion, fast one, flimflam, fraud, hoax, hosing, hustle, racket, rip-off, shady deal, shakedown, sham, shell game, snow job, sting, sucker game |
| Main Entry: | swindle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cheating, stealing |
Synonyms: |
blackmail, cheat, con, crooked deal, deceit, deception, dirty pool, double cross, double-dealing, extortion, fake, fast one, fast shuffle, frame-up, fraud, hoax, hustle, imposition, imposture, knavery, racket, rip-off, scam, sell, shady deal, shakedown, sham, sharp practice, shell game, sting, trick, trickery |
Antonyms: |
benevolence, donation, gift |
| Main Entry: | treachery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disloyalty, dishonesty |
Synonyms: |
betrayal, bunco, corruption, dirty dealing, dirty pool, dirty trick, dirty work, disaffection, dodge, double-cross, double-dealing, duplicity, faithlessness, fake, falseness, fast shuffle, flimflam, grift, gyp, infidelity, perfidiousness, perfidy, put-on, racket, recreancy, scam*, sellout, shell game, skin game, spoof, stab in the back, sweet talk, treacherousness, treason, two-timing, whitewash |
Antonyms: |
constancy, devotion, faithfulness, fidelity, honesty, love, loyalty |
| 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 |