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

v. catch in or as if in a trap; "The men trap foxes"

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v. underestimate the real value or ability of; "Don't sell your students short--they are just shy and don't show off their knowledge"

victimize, victimise

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

victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, con

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"

use

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"

lodge, wedge, stick, deposit

v. put, fix, force, or implant; "lodge a bullet in the table"; "stick your thumb in the crack"

hitch

v. connect to a vehicle: "hitch the trailer to the car"

snag

v. catch on a snag; "I snagged my stocking"

enmesh, mesh, ensnarl

v. entangle or catch in (or as if in) a mesh

entice, lure, tempt

v. provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion; "He lured me into temptation"

still-hunt, ambush

v. hunt (quarry) by stalking and ambushing

net, sack, sack up, clear

v. make as a net profit; "The company cleared $1 million"

overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook

v. rip off; ask an unreasonable price

put, set, place, pose, position, lay

v. put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point"

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