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n. an argument opposed to a proposal

hustle, bunco, bunko, gyp, sting, flimflam, confidence game, con game, bunco game, bunko game

n. a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property

v. commit to memory; learn by heart; "Have you memorized your lines for the play yet?"

bunco, gyp, swindle, rook, mulct, nobble, diddle, defraud

v. deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"

in opposition, on the negative side

adv. on the negative side; "much was written pro and con"

fraud

n. intentional deception resulting in injury to another person

deception, deceit, dissembling, dissimulation

n. the act of deceiving

heist, rip-off

n. the act of stealing

trick

n. an attempt to get you to do something foolish or imprudent; "that offer was a dirty trick"

understand

v. know and comprehend the nature or meaning of; "She did not understand her husband"; "I understand what she means"

lead on, deceive, cozen, delude, mislead knowingly

v. be false to; be dishonest with

fake, wangle, fudge, cook, manipulate, falsify, play with, misrepresent, tamper with

v. fake or falsify; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data"

victimize, victimise, make a victim of

v. make a victim of; "I was victimized by this con-man"

frame, set up, entrap, ensnare

v. take or catch as if in a snare or trap; "I was set up!"; "The innocent man was framed by the police"

snow, bamboozle, hoodwink, lead by the nose, play false

v. 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"

embezzle, peculate, misappropriate

v. 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"

humbug

v. trick or deceive

sham, assume, feign, pretend, dissemble, simulate

v. make a pretence of; "She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger"; "he feigned sleep"

copy, simulate, imitate

v. reproduce someone's behavior or looks; "The mime imitated the passers-by"; "Children often copy their parents or older siblings"

use, behave toward

v. habitually do something (use only in the past tense); "She used to call her mother every week but now she calls only occasionally"; "I used to get sick when I ate in that dining hall"; "They used to vacation in the Bahamas"

pro

n. an argument in favor of a proposal

pro

adv. favoring a proposition, opinion, etc.;

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