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Verbs (6)

v. influence by slyness

snow, bamboozle, 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"

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Fuzzynyms (42)

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"

hoax, play a joke on

v. subject to a playful hoax or joke

trick, fox, fob, play a trick on

v. deceive somebody; "We tricked the teacher into thinking that class would be cancelled next week"

copy, simulate, imitate

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

bunco, con, 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"

bilk

v. cheat somebody out of what is due, especially money

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

v. rip off; ask an unreasonable price

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