vverb.socialdeprive of by deceit; Synset:bunco con defraud diddle goldbrick hornswoggle mulct rook scam short-change swindle 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)
vverb.possessionmake off with belongings of othersSynset:abstract cabbage filch hook lift pilfer pinch purloin snarf sneak swipe
Derivationally Related Form:cabbagelifterpilfererpilferage
Hypernyms:rip rip off steal
Inherited Hypernyms:pilferstealtake
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s something from somebody | They --- the money (apply to: pinch, sneak) | They --- the goods (apply to: hook, lift, filch, pilfer, cabbage, snarf, purloin, nobble)
vverb.contacttake away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransomTopic:crimecriminal offencecriminal offenselaw-breaking
Synset:abduct kidnap snatch
Examples:- The industrialist's son was kidnapped
Derivationally Related Form:abductionsnatchabductorkidnapersnatcherkidnapperkidnapping
Hypernyms:seize
Inherited Hypernyms:kidnapseizetake
Direct Hyponyms:impressshanghai
Full Troponyms:shanghai
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody
vverb.changedisable by druggingHypernyms:disable disenable incapacitate
Inherited Hypernyms:nobbledisablechange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something