cheat (v)
rip off (v)
chisel#1 (v)

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type v
lex_filenum 41
def deprive somebody of something by deceit
examples 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
Frame - 2 Somebody ----s
Frame - 9 Somebody ----s somebody
Frame - 18 Somebody ----s somebody of something
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Entailment deceive, lead on, delude, cozen
Hypernym victimize, victimise
Derivationally related form chisel → chiseler
Derivationally related form chisel → chiseller
Derivationally related form rip off → rip-off
Derivationally related form cheat → cheat
Derivationally related form cheat → cheater
Derivationally related form cheat → cheating
Hyponym gazump; cozen; overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook; victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, con; bilk; beat, bunk; whipsaw; welsh, welch; juggle, beguile, hoodwink
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Derivationally related form cheating → cheat
Derivationally related form cheat → cheat
Derivationally related form rip-off → rip off
Derivationally related form chiseler → chisel
Derivationally related form chiseller → chisel
Derivationally related form cheater → cheat
Hypernym gazump; cozen; overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook; victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, con; bilk; beat, bunk; whipsaw; welsh, welch; juggle, beguile, hoodwink
Hyponym victimize, victimise

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