bilk (verb)
61mislead — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. deceive, delude, lead astray. See error, deception. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. delude, cheat, deceive, defraud, cozen, bilk, take in, overreach, outwit, ensnare, trick, enmesh, entangle, victimize,… …
62stick — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. stab, puncture, prick; put, place, thrust; glue; transfix, impale; informal, puzzle, stump. See opening, coherence, difficulty. v. i. adhere, cling; stay, remain, tarry; stall, freeze, be immobile …
63sting — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. smart, tingle; irritate, trouble, pain; bite, wound; nettle, gall, goad. See resentment. n. wound, prickle, smart, irritation; stimulus, goad; stinger, prickle, nettle. See pain, pungency, sensibility …
64take — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. catch, capture (see acquisition); plagiarize, pirate (see stealing); take by storm; snap or pick up; do; work, be effective; snap a picture. n. taking; informal, receipts, haul, gate (sl.), swag (sl.) …
65trim — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. neat, well ordered, compact, tidy, spruce, smart; slim, lean. v. order, tidy, adjust, dress, arrange; decorate, ornament, adorn; defeat; cheat; balance, equalize; cut, lop, shear, prune, barber;… …
66victimize — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. cheat, dupe, swindle, hoax, fool, gull, deceive, hoodwink, sell (inf.), bamboozle (inf.). See deception. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. cheat, swindle, dupe, trick, fool; see also deceive . III (Roget s 3 …
67deceive — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. mislead, delude, swindle, trick, cheat, outwit, fool, rob, defraud, practice deceit, not play fair, victimize, hoax, betray, beguile, take advantage of, impose upon, entrap, ensnare, hoodwink, play one false, gull, cozen,… …
68flimflam — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Nonsense] Syn. trifling, drivel, foolishness; see nonsense 1 . 2. [Deception] Syn. trickery, deception, craft; see deception 1 , trick 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. cheat, swindle, *rip off, *con, deceive, trick,… …
69mulct — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To cheat someone] Syn. defraud, trick, swindle; see deceive , lie 1 . 2. [Punish] Syn. penalize, fine, reprove; see punish . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) I noun A sum of money levied as punishment for an offense: amercement,… …
70cozen — (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb 1. To cause to accept what is false, especially by trickery or misrepresentation: beguile, betray, bluff, deceive, delude, double cross, dupe, fool, hoodwink, humbug, mislead, take in, trick. Informal: bamboozle, have …
