cozen+overreach
81defraud — v cheat, rook, victimize, chouse, skin, fleece, bilk, swindle; steal a march on, cog, Sl. take, Sl. snooker; fool, cozen, dupe, delude, take in, throw dust in the eyes of, pull the wool over the eyes of, Inf. slip or pass [s.t.] over on; hoodwink …
82delude — v deceive, mislead, misguide, misinform; fool, take in, throw dust in [s.o. s] eyes, pull the wool over [s.o. s] eyes, Inf. slip or pass [s.t.] over on, Inf. lead [s.o.] up the garden path; cozen, dupe, gull, defraud, cheat; rook, victimize,… …
83dupe — n 1. gull, gudgeon, Brit. Dial. cull, Archaic. cully, Inf. chump, Sl. sap, Sl. schnook, Sl. schlemiel, Sl. boob; greenhorn, sitting duck, easy or soft mark or target, Inf. sucker, Inf. cinch, Sl. patsy, Sl. pigeon, U.S. Sl. fall guy, Sl. softie… …
84fool — n 1. ninny, nincompoop, silly, silly billy, Sl. yo yo, tomfool; simpleton, Simple Simon, saphead, noodle, idiot, cuckoo, Inf. jay, Sl. jerk, imbecile, mooncalf, Inf. moron; dimwit, nitwit, half wit, Sl. zombie, goose; scatterbrain, Sl. birdbrain …
85gull — v 1. cheat, rook, fleece, defraud, swindle, Archaic. chouse; bilk, pluck, mulct; victimize, exploit, play on or upon, take advantage of; overcharge, Sl. soak, Inf. gyp, Sl. chisel, Sl. gaff. 2. delude, deceive, beguile, mislead, hoodwink; pull… …
86hocus — v 1. trick, practice trickery or deception upon, deceive, hoodwink, jockey; dupe, gull, take in, cozen, befool, Archaic. chouse; humbug, Inf. flimflam, Inf. practice upon; cheat, bilk, swindle, defraud, palm off, job, victimize, diddle; hoax,… …
87hocus-pocus — n 1. mumbo jumbo, abracadabra, open sesame, magic word, magic formula; incantation, chant, invocation, conjuration, conjuring, evocation. 2. juggler s trick, jugglery, sleight of hand, legerdemain, prestidigitation, Brit. hanky panky; feint,… …
88mislead — v lead astray, misguide, misdirect, misinform, Sl. give [s.o.] a bum steer, throw [s.o.] off the scent; delude, deceive, fool, take in, throw dust in the eyes of, pull the wool over the eyes of, slip or pass one over on; cozen, dupe, gull,… …
89nick — n 1. notch, groove, hole, gouge; cut, incision, slit, split, score, gash, slash; indentation, indent, dent, dint, hollow, depression; scrape, scratch, scarification, chip, flaw, defect, mark, spot, blemish, defacement. 2. in the nick of time just …
90swindle — v 1. cheat, defraud, fleece, rook, Sl. clip, gull, Archaic. chouse; overcharge, Sl. soak, Inf. gyp, Sl. take [s.o.] to the cleaners, Sl. chisel, Sl. gaff, pluck, mulct; victimize, exploit, play on or upon, take advantage of, Inf. diddle, Inf. do …
