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swindle: the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme; "that book is a fraud"

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overprice collapse: price excessively high

thieve collapse

filch collapse

purloin collapse

gerrymandering collapse

bunco collapse: a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property

shoplift collapse: steal in a store

hocus-pocus collapse

thievery collapse

profiteer collapse: someone who makes excessive profit (especially on goods in short supply); make an unreasonable profit, as on the sale of difficult to obtain goods

rob collapse: take something away by force or without the consent of the owner; "The burglars robbed him of all his money"

walk off with collapse

illicit business collapse

put up job collapse

fraudulence collapse: the quality of being fraudulent; a fraudulent or duplicitous representation

gyp joint collapse

rip off collapse

embezzle collapse: appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use; "The accountant embezzled thousands of dollars while working for the wealthy family"

rustle collapse: the light noise like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind; make a dry crackling sound; "rustling silk"; "the dry leaves were rustling in the breeze"; take illegally; "rustle cattle"

shortchange collapse

euchre collapse: a card game similar to ecarte; each player is dealt 5 cards and the player making trump must take 3 tricks to win a hand

scrounge collapse: collect or look around for (food)

pilfer collapse: make off with belongings of others

poaching collapse: cooking in simmering liquid

pilfering collapse

bamboozle collapse: conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end; "He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well"

outsmart collapse

embezzlement collapse: the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else

cozen collapse: cheat or trick; "He cozened the money out of the old man"; act with artful deceit

rook collapse: common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of the American crow

cop collapse

liabilities collapse: anything that is owed to someone else

scrounging collapse

thimblerig collapse

stack the cards collapse

cost of living collapse: average cost of basic necessities of life (as food and shelter and clothing); "a rise in the cost of living reflects the rate of inflation"

poach collapse: cook in a simmering liquid; "poached apricots"; hunt illegally; "people are poaching elephants for their ivory"

mulct collapse: impose a fine on; "he was fined for littering"

scam collapse: a fraudulent business scheme

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