Synonyms of the word

gyp

• n. (pejorative, sometimes offensive) A cheat or swindle; a rip-off.
• n. Synonym of gypsy (“contra dance step”).
• v. (pejorative, sometimes offensive) To cheat or swindle someone or something inappropriately.
• n. (Cambridge and Durham, England) A college servant.
• n. (Cambridge and Durham, England) The room in which such college servants work.
• n. (Cambridge and Durham, England) A small kitchen for use by college students.
• n. Gypsophila.
• n. Pain or discomfort.

bunco

• n. (US, slang) A swindle or confidence trick.
• n. A parlour game played in teams with three dice, originating in England but popular among suburban women…
• n. brigand.
• v. (transitive, intransitive, US, slang) To swindle (someone).

bunko

• n. Alternative spelling of bunco.
• v. Alternative spelling of bunco.

cheat

• v. (intransitive) To violate rules in order to gain advantage from a situation.
• v. (intransitive) To be unfaithful to one's spouse or partner.
• v. (transitive) To manage to avoid something even though it seemed unlikely.
• v. (transitive) To deceive; to fool; to trick.
• v. To beguile.
• n. Someone who cheats (informal: cheater).
• n. An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception; a fraud; a trick; imposition;…
• n. The weed cheatgrass.
• n. A card game where the goal is to have no cards remaining in a hand, often by telling lies.
• n. (video games) A hidden means of gaining an unfair advantage in a computer game, often by entering a cheat…

chisel

• n. Gravel.
• n. (usually in the plural) Coarse flour; bran; the coarser part of bran or flour.
• n. A cutting tool consisting of a slim oblong block of metal with a sharp wedge or bevel formed on one end…
• v. (intransitive) To use a chisel.
• v. (transitive) To work something with a chisel.
• v. (intransitive, informal) To cheat, to get something by cheating.

con

• v. (rare) To study, especially in order to gain knowledge of.
• v. (rare, archaic) To know, understand, acknowledge.
• v. Variant spelling of conn: to conduct the movements of a ship at sea.
• n. A disadvantage of something, especially when contrasted with its advantages (pros).
• n. (computing) A reserved word in MS-DOS applications, likely an abbreviation for console.
• n. (slang) A convicted criminal, a convict.
• n. (slang) A fraud; something carried out with the intention of deceiving, usually for personal, often illegal,…
• v. (transitive, slang) To trick or defraud, usually for personal gain.
• v. (nautical) To give the necessary orders to the helmsman to steer a ship in the required direction through…
• n. (nautical) The navigational direction of a ship.
• n. An organized gathering such as a convention, conference or congress.

defraud

• v. (transitive) To obtain money or property by fraud; to swindle.

diddle

• n. (music) In percussion, two consecutive notes played by the same hand (either RR or LL), similar to the…
• n. (slang, childish) The penis.
• v. (transitive) to cheat; to swindle.
• v. (transitive) to have sex with.
• v. (transitive) to masturbate (especially of women).
• v. (transitive) to waste time.
• v. (intransitive) To totter, like a child learning to walk; to daddle.

flimflam

• n. nonsense.
• n. deception.
• v. To swindle or cheat.

gip

• v. Alternative form of gyp.
• n. A servant; a gyp.
• v. To take out the entrails of (herrings).

goldbrick

• n. A gold brick, especially one that is fraudulent or nonexistent; (figuratively) a swindle, a con.
• n. (US slang, dated) A shirker or malingerer.
• n. (US slang, dated) A swindler.
• v. (US slang, dated) To shirk or malinger.
• v. (US slang, dated) To swindle.

hornswoggle

• v. (transitive) To deceive or trick.

hustle

• v. (intransitive) To rush or hurry.
• v. (transitive) To con or deceive; especially financially.
• v. (transitive) To bundle, to stow something quickly.
• v. To dance the hustle, a disco dance.
• v. To play deliberately badly at a game or sport in an attempt to encourage players to challenge.
• v. To sell sex, to work as a pimp.
• v. To be a prostitute, to exchange use of one's body for sexual purposes for money.
• v. (informal) To put a lot of effort into one's work.
• v. To push someone roughly, to crowd, to jostle.
• n. A state of busy activity.
• n. A type of disco dance.
• n. (prison slang) An activity, such as prostitution or reselling stolen items, that a prisoner uses to earn…

mulct

• n. (law) A fine or penalty, especially a pecuniary one.
• v. To impose such a fine or penalty.
• v. To swindle (someone) out of money.

nobble

• v. (Britain, Australia, slang) To injure or obstruct intentionally.
• v. (Britain, slang) To gain influence by corrupt means or intimidation.
• v. (Britain, slang) To steal.

rig

• n. (nautical) The rigging of a sailing ship or other such craft.
• n. Special equipment or gear used for a particular purpose.
• n. (US) A large truck such as a semi-tractor.
• n. The special apparatus used for drilling wells.
• n. (informal) A costume or an outfit.
• n. (slang, computing) A computer case, often modified for looks.
• n. An imperfectly castrated horse, sheep etc.
• n. (slang) Radio equipment, especially a citizen's band transceiver.
• v. (transitive) To fit out with a harness or other equipment.
• v. (transitive, nautical) To equip and fit (a ship) with sails, shrouds, and yards.
• v. (transitive, informal) To dress or clothe in some costume.
• v. (transitive) To make or construct something in haste or in a makeshift manner.
• v. (transitive) To manipulate something dishonestly for personal gain or discriminatory purposes.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To play the wanton; to act in an unbecoming manner; to play tricks.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To make free with; hence, to steal; to pilfer.
• n. (Britain, Scotland, dialect) A ridge.
• n. (obsolete) A wanton; one given to unbecoming conduct.
• n. (obsolete) A sportive or unbecoming trick; a frolic.
• n. (obsolete) A blast of wind.

rook

• n. A European bird, Corvus frugilegus, of the crow family.
• n. A cheat or swindler; someone who betrays.
• n. (Britain) a type of firecracker used by farmers to scare birds of the same name.
• n. A trick-taking game, usually played with a specialized deck of cards.
• v. (transitive) To cheat or swindle.
• n. (chess) A piece shaped like a castle tower, that can be moved only up, down, left or right (but not diagonally)…
• n. (rare) A castle or other fortification.
• n. (baseball, slang) A rookie.
• n. mist; fog; roke.
• v. (obsolete) To squat; to ruck.
• v. Eye dialect spelling of look.

scam

• n. A fraudulent deal.
• n. Something that is promoted using scams.
• v. (transitive) To defraud or embezzle.

short-change

• v. Alternative form of shortchange.

sting

• n. A bump left on the skin after having been stung.
• n. A bite by an insect.
• n. A pointed portion of an insect or arachnid used for attack.
• n. A sharp, localised pain primarily on the epidermis.
• n. (botany) A sharp-pointed hollow hair seated on a gland which secretes an acrid fluid, as in nettles.
• n. The thrust of a sting into the flesh; the act of stinging; a wound inflicted by stinging.
• n. (law enforcement) A police operation in which the police pretend to be criminals in order to catch a criminal.
• n. A short percussive phrase played by a drummer to accent the punchline in a comedy show.
• n. A brief sequence of music used in films, TV, and video games as a form of punctuation in a dramatic or…
• n. A support for a wind tunnel model which extends parallel to the air flow.
• n. (figuratively) The harmful or painful part of something.
• n. A goad; incitement.
• n. The point of an epigram or other sarcastic saying.
• v. (transitive) To hurt, usually by introducing poison or a sharp point, or both.
• v. (transitive, of an insect) To bite.
• v. (intransitive, sometimes figurative) To hurt, to be in pain.
• v. (figuratively) To cause harm or pain to.

swindle

• v. (transitive) To defraud (someone).
• v. (intransitive) To obtain money or property by fraudulent or deceitful methods.
• n. An instance of swindling.

victimize

• v. To make someone a victim or sacrifice.
• v. To punish someone unjustly.
• v. To swindle or defraud someone.