deprive somebody of something by deceit
<verb.social> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
<verb.social> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
| cheat |
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| chisel |
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| rip off |
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sample sentences
"The con-man beat me out of $50""This salesman ripped us off!"
"we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"
"They chiseled me out of my money"
verb frames
Somebody ----sSomebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody of something
Sam cannot %s Sue
They %s him of all his money
verb frames
Somebody ----sSomebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody of something
verb frames
Somebody ----sSomebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody of something
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hyponym
gazump
cozen
rob, soak, hook, overcharge, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck
swindle, defraud, con, victimize, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, scam, mulct, hornswoggle, short-change
gyp, gip
bilk
beat, bunk
whipsaw
welsh, welch
beguile, juggle, hoodwink
entailment
hypernym