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trick
To deceive or swindle
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  1. To deceive or swindle
  2. To cheat or deceive or to practice trickery or deception.
swindle
To practice fraud as a means of obtaining money or property.
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  1. To practice fraud as a means of obtaining money or property.
  2. To engage in swindling others
  3. To get money or property from (another) under false pretenses; cheat; defraud
cheat
To mislead; fool:
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  1. To mislead; fool:
  2. To deprive of or destroy the effect of through error or ignorance
  3. (Informal) To be sexually unfaithful:
bilk
(Obsolete) A hoax or swindle.
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  1. (Obsolete) A hoax or swindle.
  2. One who cheats.
  3. A person who cheats; swindler
cheat
One who cheats; a swindler.
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  1. One who cheats; a swindler.
  2. A person who defrauds, deceives, or tricks others; swindler
  3. A code entered into a video game by a player, which allows advancement, as to a higher level, more easily
cheater
One who cheats.
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  1. One who cheats.
  2. An improvised breaker bar made from a length of pipe and a wrench (spanner), usually used to free screws, bolts, etc. that are difficult to remove with a ratchet or wrench alone.
sharper
One that deals dishonestly with others, especially a cheating gambler.
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  1. One that deals dishonestly with others, especially a cheating gambler.
  2. (Dated) a swindler; a cheat; a professional gambler who makes his living by cheating.
  3. A person, esp. a gambler, who is dishonest in dealing with others; cheat; swindler
swindler
A person who swindles; cheat
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  1. A person who swindles; cheat
trickster
One that swindles or plays tricks.
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  1. One that swindles or plays tricks.
  2. A mischievous or roguish figure in myth or folklore, often an animal, who typically makes up for physical weakness with cunning and subversive humor.
  3. A person who tricks; cheat
chiseler
(Informal, Ireland, 20th-century inner-city Dublin slang) A child.
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  1. (Informal, Ireland, 20th-century inner-city Dublin slang) A child.
  2. One who uses a chisel for carving.
  3. (Informal) A cheat; a swindler; a con artist.
crook
(Informal) A person who steals or cheats; swindler or thief
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  1. (Informal) A person who steals or cheats; swindler or thief
  2. (Informal) One who makes a living by dishonest methods.
  3. A part that is curved or bent like a hook.
diddler
A person who diddles; a cheat.
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  1. A person who diddles; a cheat.
gyp
A fraud or swindle.
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  1. A fraud or swindle.
  2. An act of cheating; swindle; fraud
  3. One who defrauds; a swindler.
bilk
To defraud, cheat, or swindle:
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  1. To defraud, cheat, or swindle:
  2. To do someone out of their due; to deceive or defraud, to cheat (someone).
  3. To get away without paying (a debt, etc.)
cheat
To deprive of or destroy the effect of through error or ignorance
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  1. To deprive of or destroy the effect of through error or ignorance
  2. To foil or escape by tricks or by good luck
  3. (Sports) To position oneself closer to a certain area than is normal or expected:
cozen
To persuade or induce to do something by cajoling or wheedling.
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  1. To persuade or induce to do something by cajoling or wheedling.
  2. To mislead by means of a petty trick or fraud; deceive.
  3. (Archaic) To cheat; to defraud; to beguile; to deceive, usually by small arts, or in a pitiful way.
defraud
To take something from by fraud; swindle:
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  1. To take something from by fraud; swindle:
gull
To cheat or trick; dupe
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  1. To cheat or trick; dupe
mulct
To punish by a fine or by depriving of something
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  1. To punish by a fine or by depriving of something
  2. To extract (money, etc.) from (someone), as by fraud or deceit
  3. To take something from (another) by means of unseemly or deceptive methods.
swindle
To engage in swindling others
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  1. To engage in swindling others
  2. To practice fraud as a means of obtaining money or property.
  3. To get money or property from (another) under false pretenses; cheat; defraud
victimize
To make someone a victim or sacrifice.
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  1. To make someone a victim or sacrifice.
  2. To subject to cruel or harmful treatment
  3. To injure or kill.
chisel
To get (something) in this way
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  1. To get (something) in this way
  2. To intrude oneself without welcome:
  3. (Informal) To take advantage of by cheating, sponging, etc.
flimflam
(Informal) To trick, swindle, or cheat
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  1. (Informal) To trick, swindle, or cheat
take
To start growing; root or germinate:
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  1. To start growing; root or germinate:
  2. To carry in one's possession:
  3. To convey by transportation:
trim
(Nautical) To adjust (the sails and yards) so that they receive the wind properly.
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  1. (Nautical) To adjust (the sails and yards) so that they receive the wind properly.
  2. To defeat soundly:
  3. To change one's opinions or viewpoint so as to satisfy opposing factions, etc.; compromise
diddle
(Slang) To play experimentally; toy:
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  1. (Slang) To play experimentally; toy:
  2. (Informal) To move back and forth in a jerky or rapid manner; jiggle
  3. (Slang) To waste time:
do
To take place; happen:
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  1. To take place; happen:
  2. To take place; go on
  3. (Slang) To take (drugs) illegally:
gyp
(Informal) To swindle; cheat
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  1. (Informal) To swindle; cheat
  2. To deprive (another) of something by fraud; cheat or swindle.
stick
To become fixed, blocked, lodged, etc. as by an obstacle
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  1. To become fixed, blocked, lodged, etc. as by an obstacle
  2. To become or remain attached or in close association; cling:
  3. To become stopped or delayed; come to a standstill
sting
To have, use, or wound with a sharp-pointed structure or organ:
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  1. To have, use, or wound with a sharp-pointed structure or organ:
  2. To cause a sharp, smarting pain:
  3. To cause or feel sharp, smarting pain, either physical or mental
Find another word for rook. In this page you can discover 39 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for rook, like: trick, swindle, cheat, cheat, deceive, bilk, cheat, cheater, cozener, defrauder and sharper.

Sentence Examples

  • Rook pulled at the reins and started of his own accord.

  • On the other hand, the hare, grey partridge (Perdix cinerea), hedgehog, quail, lark, rook and stork find their way into the coniferous region as the forests are cleared.

  • About the size of a rook, its most FIG.

  • The rook is not found, but the common crow and one or two other kinds are there during the summer.

  • The king also has the ability to Castle, which is done on the first row when there is nothing between the king, and the king and neither rook has moved and no opposing piece attacks the empty squares between.

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