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71Deception — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Deception >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 deception deception Sgm: N 1 falseness falseness &c. 544 Sgm: N 1 untruth untruth &c. 546 Sgm: N 1 imposition imposition imposture Sgm: N 1 fraud …
72fun — (n.) diversion, amusement, 1727, earlier a cheat, trick (c.1700), from verb fun (1680s) to cheat, hoax, of uncertain origin, probably a variant of M.E. fonnen befool (c.1400; see FOND (Cf. fond)). Stigmatized by Johnson as a low cant word. Older… …
73beguile — v. a. 1. Delude, cheat, deceive. See befool. 2. Divert, amuse, entertain, cheer, solace, while away …
74besot — v. a. 1. Intoxicate, steep, drench, soak. 2. Stupefy, make sottish; make foolish or stupid. 3. Infatuate, stultify, befool, intoxicate, delude …
75deceive — v. a. 1. Delude, cheat, dupe, gull, cozen, fool, befool, trick, circumvent, overreach, chouse, beguile, hoodwink, impose upon, make a fool of, play a trick upon, pull wool over one s eyes. 2. Disappoint, frustrate. 3. Beguile, wile away, while… …
76hoodwink — v. a. 1. Blind, blindfold. 2. Cover, hide, conceal, cloak. 3. Deceive, cheat, delude, dupe, gull, cozen, fool, befool, trick, circumvent, overreach, chouse, impose upon, make a fool of, play a trick upon, pull wool over one s eyes …
77infatuate — v. a. 1. Befool, besot, stultify, delude, make foolish, deprive of reason, deprive of sound judgment or common sense. 2. Prepossess extravagantly, carry beside one s self, absorb in an uncontrollable passion …
78play on — (also play upon) 1. Mock, deride, delude, befool, trifle with, make sport of. 2. Turn, quibble, give a fanciful turn to …
79victimize — v. a. (Colloq.) Cheat, dupe, trick, defraud, deceive, swindle, cozen, chouse, gull, over reach, befool, fool, beguile, circumvent, diddle, hoodwink, jockey, impose upon, put upon, practise upon, play upon, take in …
80cheat — I. v. a. Defraud, trick, deceive, dupe, gull, overreach, jockey, cozen, chouse, outwit, bamboozle, circumvent, delude, hoodwink, beguile, mislead, cajole, inveigle, gammon, impose upon, take in, swindle, victimize, practise on, entrap, ensnare,… …
