nnoun.actthe act of swindling by some fraudulent schemeSynset:cheat rig
Derivationally Related Form:swindlecheatrig
Hypernyms:fraud
Inherited Hypernyms:swindlefraudcrimeoffensetransgressionwrongdoingactivityacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:buncobunco gamebunkobunko gameconcon gameconfidence gameconfidence trickcozenageflimflamgipgypholdouthustlepyramidingscamshell gamestingswizthimblerig
Full Hyponyms:buncogypholdoutpyramidingscamshell gamesting operationswiz
vverb.socialdeprive of by deceit; Synset:bunco con defraud diddle goldbrick hornswoggle mulct nobble rook scam short-change victimize
Examples:- He swindled me out of my inheritance
- She defrauded the customers who trusted her
Derivationally Related Form:swindlescamconswindlerscammerbuncovictimizationdefrauder
Hypernyms:cheat chisel rip off
Inherited Hypernyms:victimizecheatvictimizewrongtreatinteractact
Direct Hyponyms:shortshort-change
Full Troponyms:short-change
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Somebody ---s somebody PP | They --- him of all his money (apply to: swindle, rook, defraud, mulct, diddle, con, bunco, nobble)