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Main Entry:	victimize
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	cheat, fool
Synonyms:	bamboozle, burn, chisel, clip, con, cozen, deceive, defraud, dupe, exploit, fleece, flimflam, gull, hoax, hoodwink, persecute, pick on, prey on, screw, set up, snow, stiff, sting, sucker, swindle, take advantage of, trick, use, discriminate against, have it in for, immolate, pigeon*, rope in, stack the deck
Antonyms:	aid, assist, help, protect

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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:	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

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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

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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

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Main Entry:	mislead
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	give someone the wrong idea, information
Synonyms:	bait, beguile, betray, bilk, bluff, bunk, cheat, cozen, deceive, defraud, delude, double-cross, dupe, enmesh, ensnare, entangle, entice, fool, fudge, gull, hoax, hoodwink, hose, inveigle, juggle, lie, lure, misinform, misrepresent, outwit, overreach, pervert, put on, rip off, rook, scam, seduce, shaft, snow*, take in, tempt, trick, victimize, illude, lead astray, lead on, misdirect, misguide, pull wool over eyes, rope in
Antonyms:	advise, counsel, guard, lead, protect

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Main Entry:	persecute
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	wrong, torment
Synonyms:	afflict, aggrieve, annoy, badger, bait, be on one's case, beat, bother, crucify, distress, dog, dragoon, drive up the wall, exile, expel, harass, hector, hound, hunt, ill-treat, injure, maltreat, martyr, molest, oppress, outrage, pester, pick on, plague, pursue, tease, torture, tyrannize, vex, victimize, worry
Notes:	persecute means 'to harass or treat unjustly'; prosecute is 'to bring legal action against' or 'to pursue something until the end'
Antonyms:	comfort, commend, console, reward, soothe

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Main Entry:	play dirty
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	cheat
Synonyms:	bamboozle, beguile, bilk, burn, chisel, con, deceive, defraud, double-cross, dupe, finagle, fleece, flimflam, fudge, hoodwink, hose, mislead, rip off, rook, scam, screw, shaft, sucker, swindle, trick, victimize, bend the rules, caboodle, do a number on, double-deal, hit below the belt, pull something funny, sandbag, stack the cards, stretch the rules

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Main Entry:	prey on
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	attack, terrorize
Synonyms:	blackmail, bleed, bully, burden, consume, devour, distress, eat, exploit, feed on, fleece, haunt, hunt, intimidate, load, oppress, plunder, raid, seize, take advantage of, tax, trouble, victimize, weigh, worry, depredate, live off
Antonyms:	guard, protect, save

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, rip off, rook, scam, set up, shaft, stiff, sting, sucker, trick, trim*, victimize, pull a fast one, put one over on, run a game on, sandbag, sell a bill of goods, take for a ride, take to the cleaners
Antonyms:	donate, give

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Main Entry:	trick
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	fool; play joke on
Synonyms:	bamboozle, catch, cheat, con, deceive, defraud, delude, dupe, fake, flimflam, gull, hoax, hocus-pocus, hoodwink, mislead, outwit, rook, screw, set up, swindle, take in, throw, trap, victimize, disinform, double deal, impose upon, jive, play for a fool, pull wool over, put one over on, take for a ride
Antonyms:	be serious

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Main Entry:	two-time
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	be disloyal
Synonyms:	backstab, betray, burn, cheat, con, deceive, defraud, double-cross, dupe, mislead, take advantage of, trick, victimize, be dishonest, be disloyal, be unfaithful

Main Entry:	abuse
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	physically hurt or injure
Synonyms:	beat up, corrupt, cut up, damage, defile, deprave, desecrate, harm, hose, impair, maltreat, mar, mess up, mishandle, mistreat, misuse, molest, oppress, persecute, pollute, rough up, roughhouse, ruin, shake up, spoil, taint, total, victimize, violate, wax*, bang up, bung up, ill-treat
Antonyms:	cherish, defend, help, preserve, protect, respect

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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:	discriminate
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	show prejudice
Synonyms:	disfavor, favor, hate, incline, judge, segregate, separate, victimize, be bigot, be partial, contradistinguish, set apart, show bias, single out, treat as inferior, treat differently

Main Entry:	lie
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	tell an untruth
Synonyms:	beguile, bull, con, concoct, deceive, delude, dissemble, dissimulate, distort, dupe, equivocate, exaggerate, fabricate, fake, falsify, fib, forswear, frame, fudge, invent, make believe, malign, misinform, mislead, misrepresent, misstate, palter, perjure, pervert, phony, plant, prevaricate, promote, put on, snow, string along, victimize, BS, be untruthful, bear false witness, break promise, go back on, misguide, misinstruct, misspeak, overdraw, put up a front, soft-soap
Antonyms:	be honest

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Main Entry:	defeat
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	frustrate
Synonyms:	baffle, balk, blank, block, bury, checkmate, circumvent, confound, contravene, cook, cross, disappoint, discomfit, disconcert, disprove, edge out, foil, invalidate, neutralize, nonplus, nullify, outwit, overturn, puzzle, quell, reduce, refute, ruin, scuttle, shave, shellac, skunk, spoil, squash, stump, subdue, subjugate, surmount, thwart, undo, victimize, beat down, beat the system, cast down, cause setback, counterplot, nose out*, put end to, take wind out of sails, throw for loop
Antonyms:	abet, aid, encourage, help, inspirit