practise+fraud

  • 71Attorney general — In most common law jurisdictions, the attorney general, or attorney general, is the main legal advisor to the government, and in some jurisdictions he or she may also have executive responsibility for law enforcement or responsibility for public… …

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  • 72Finagle — 1. practise deception or fraud; 2. trick or cheat (a person); 3. wangle: finagle free tickets …

    Dictionary of Australian slang

  • 73finagle — Australian Slang 1. practise deception or fraud; 2. trick or cheat (a person); 3. wangle: finagle free tickets …

    English dialects glossary

  • 74other — oth|er W1S1 [ˈʌðə US ˈʌðər] determiner, adj, pron ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(the second of two)¦ 2¦(the rest)¦ 3¦(additional)¦ 4¦(different)¦ 5¦(opposite)¦ 6 other than 7 none other than somebody 8 the other way around/round 9 the other day/morning/week etc …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 75chouse — I. v. a. Deceive, cheat, trick, delude, defraud, swindle, dupe, gull, bamboozle, cozen, overreach, circumvent, beguile, hoodwink, victimize, take in, impose upon, put upon, practise upon, play upon. II. n. 1. Dupe, tool, gull, simpleton, cully. 2 …

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  • 76swindle — I. v. a. Cheat, cozen, deceive, dupe, gull, trick, defraud, overreach, victimize, chouse, diddle, impose upon, practise upon, take in. II. n. Cheat, fraud, imposition, deception, chouse, piece of knavery …

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  • 77finagle — /fəˈneɪgəl/ (say fuh nayguhl) verb (finagled, finagling) Colloquial –verb (i) 1. to practise deception or fraud. –verb (t) 2. to trick or cheat (a person). 3. to get (something) by guile or trickery; wangle: to finagle free tickets. {variant of… …

  • 78humbug — /ˈhʌmbʌg / (say humbug) noun 1. Obsolete a deluding trick; a hoax; a fraud. 2. a quality of falseness or deception. 3. someone who seeks to impose deceitfully upon others; cheat; impostor. 4. Aboriginal English an annoying action: stop that… …