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History
Synonyms
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Meaning:
against

by the side of (and touching)

opposite to

bamboozle

the cheat; trick (a person)

fool; cheat

beguile

the cheats, deceive (a person)

fool

bidder

a person who makes a bid

person with whom one competes

cajole

to use flattery or deceit to persuade, get information etc from, (a person)

attempt to coax; flatter

charlatan

a person who claims to have more skill, knowledge or ability then he or she really has

swindler

cheesed

bored (and feeding angry)

lie

coax

to persuade (a person or thing) to do something by using kindness, encouragement etc

persuade

contradictory

contradicting

antagonistic

convict

a person convicted of crime and being punished

criminal

culprit

a person who has done wrong

person responsible for wrongdoing

deceive

to cause (a person) to believe something that is false

mislead; be dishonest

defraud

to trick (a person) out of what is rightly hers or his

cheat, bilk

delude

to deceive or mislead (a person) (on purpose)

deceive, fool

detainee

a person who is detained (especially by the police etc as a suspect)

person jailed for crime; person kept against his or her will

distort

to pull, twist, (something) out of the usual shape; to give a false account of (something)

deform; falsify

falsify

to make (something) false

alter, misrepresent

felon

a person guilty of a serious crime

criminal

finesse

a delicate way of dealing with a situation

know-how, maneuver

flatter

to praise (a person) too much or insincerely (in order to please)

compliment excessively

fleece

(a piece of) the woolly covering of a sheep or similar animal; to rob (a person) by using trickery

plunder, steal

fraud

(an act of) criminal dishonesty; a person who pretends to be qualified, to have authority or to want to be kind, but who is or does not

trickery, deception

gips

lie and deceive

deceive, swindle

hoax

(to deceive a person using) a trick intended to make a person believe something that is not true and act unnecessarily

trick

hoodwink

to deceive or trick (a person)

deceive

importune

to beg (a person) urgently and repeatedly

demand, insist

imposition

something imposed, e.g. a tax, burden, fine

deception

lain

of lie

tell an untruth

learn

to gain knowledge of, become skilled in, (a subject being studied, a particular activity)

acquire information

litigant

a person engaged in a lawsuit

person with whom one competes

misquote

to quote (a person, book etc) wrongly

lie, distort

misrepresent

to give a false account or description of (a person, opinion etc)

lie

negative

expressing 'no', 'not', a refusal; lacking commitment, enthusiasm; (of number or amount) less than zero

bad, contradictory

opponent

a person against whom one fights, struggles, plays games, contests an election or argues

person with whom one competes

opposition

member of the political party or parties opposing the Government

obstruction, antagonism

outlaw

(in olden times) a person punished by being placed outside the protection of the law; to make (something) illegal; ban (it) officially

person who is running from the law

outsmart

to be more clever, cunning, than (another person, animal)

outwit

outwit

to defeat (a person) by being more cunning

deceive

pacify

to calm (a person, a person's anger, excitement etc)

make peaceful; appease

persuasion

the act of persuading; a group of people with a particular belief

influencing to do, believe

polarity

the possession of two contrasted or opposing qualities, principles or tendencies

opposition

prevaricate

to make untrue or partly untrue statement (to avoid telling the (whole) truth)

deceive; stretch the truth

rip-off

(of material) to tear

trick; robbery

rob

to take property from a person or place unlawfully

steal, deprive

rook

a kind of large black bird like a crow; castle; to get money from (a person) by cheating or by charging a ridiculously high price

trick

shilling

(until 1971) a British coin with the value of twelve old pennies; a unit of currency in Kenya, Uganda etc

bait, entrap

stratagem

(the use of) a trick to deceive a person

trick

swindle

to cheat a person (in order to get money etc)

cheating, stealing

trick

something done in order to deceive or done to make a person appear ridiculous; a practical joke; a feat of skill with the hands

deceit

trickery

deception, joke

deception, joke

wheedle

to be pleasant to (a person) to get (something) one wants

talk into

wiles

tricks used to get something one wants

cunning

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