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langgot [lang.gut.] : cheat (v.); for a fish to break a line (v.)

Derivatives of langgot


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cheat
n. (plant)1. bearded darnel, cheat, darnel, lolium temulentum, tareweedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous.
~ rye grass, ryegrassany of several annual or perennial Eurasian grasses.
n. (plant)2. bromus secalinus, cheat, chessweedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat.
~ brome, bromegrassany of various woodland and meadow grasses of the genus Bromus; native to temperate regions.
n. (person)3. beguiler, cheat, cheater, deceiver, slicker, trickstersomeone who leads you to believe something that is not true.
~ offender, wrongdoera person who transgresses moral or civil law.
~ bluffer, four-flushera person who tries to bluff other people.
~ chiseler, chiseller, defrauder, grifter, scammer, swindler, gougera person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud.
~ decoy, steerera beguiler who leads someone into danger (usually as part of a plot).
~ dodger, slyboots, foxa shifty deceptive person.
~ double-crosser, double-dealer, betrayer, traitor, two-timera person who says one thing and does another.
~ defalcator, embezzler, peculatorsomeone who violates a trust by taking (money) for his own use.
~ falsifiersomeone who falsifies.
~ finagler, wanglera deceiver who uses crafty misleading methods.
~ counterfeiter, forgersomeone who makes copies illegally.
~ fortune huntera person who seeks wealth through marriage.
~ figurehead, front man, nominal head, straw man, strawman, fronta person used as a cover for some questionable activity.
~ dissembler, dissimulator, hypocrite, phoney, phony, pretendera person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives.
~ imitator, impersonatorsomeone who (fraudulently) assumes the appearance of another.
~ faker, imposter, impostor, pseud, pseudo, role player, fake, fraud, pretender, sham, shammera person who makes deceitful pretenses.
~ liar, prevaricatora person who has lied or who lies repeatedly.
~ misleadersomeone who leads astray (often deliberately).
~ charlatan, mountebanka flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes.
~ obscurantista person who is deliberately vague.
~ sandbaggersomeone who deceives you about his true nature or intent in order to take advantage of you.
~ two-timersomeone who deceives a lover or spouse by carrying on a sexual relationship with somebody else.
~ utterersomeone who circulates forged banknotes or counterfeit coins.
n. (act)4. cheat, rig, swindlethe act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme.; "that book is a fraud"
~ cozenage, scama fraudulent business scheme.
~ fraudintentional deception resulting in injury to another person.
~ bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con game, confidence game, confidence trick, flimflam, gyp, hustle, con, stinga swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property.
~ pyramidinga fraudulent business practice involving some form of pyramid scheme e.g., the chain of distribution is artificially expanded by an excessive number of distributors selling to other distributors at progressively higher wholesale prices until retail prices are unnecessarily inflated.
~ holdoutthe act of hiding playing cards in a gambling game so they are available for personal use later.
~ swizBritish slang for a swindle.
~ shell game, thimbleriga swindling sleight-of-hand game; victim guesses which of three things a pellet is under.
n. (act)5. cheat, cheatinga deception for profit to yourself.
~ dissimulation, deception, dissembling, deceitthe act of deceiving.
~ gerrymanderan act of gerrymandering (dividing a voting area so as to give your own party an unfair advantage).
v. (social)6. cheat, chisel, rip offdeprive somebody of something by deceit.; "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"
~ gazumpraise the price of something after agreeing on a lower price.
~ cozencheat or trick.; "He cozened the money out of the old man"
~ fleece, gazump, overcharge, plume, hook, rob, soak, surcharge, pluckrip off; ask an unreasonable price.
~ bunco, con, defraud, diddle, gip, goldbrick, gyp, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, swindle, short-change, victimizedeprive of by deceit.; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"
~ bilkcheat somebody out of what is due, especially money.
~ bunk, beatavoid paying.; "beat the subway fare"
~ whipsawvictimize, especially in gambling or negotiations.
~ welch, welshcheat by avoiding payment of a gambling debt.
~ victimise, victimizemake a victim of.; "I was victimized by this con-man"
~ cozen, deceive, delude, lead onbe false to; be dishonest with.
~ beguile, hoodwink, juggleinfluence by slyness.
v. (competition)7. cheat, chicane, chouse, jockey, screw, shaftdefeat someone through trickery or deceit.
~ beat, beat out, vanquish, trounce, crush, shellcome out better in a competition, race, or conflict.; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"
v. (social)8. cheat, chiselengage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud.; "Who's chiseling on the side?"
~ jobprofit privately from public office and official business.
~ sharkplay the shark; act with trickery.
~ rig, set uparrange the outcome of by means of deceit.; "rig an election"
~ cozenact with artful deceit.
~ cribuse a crib, as in an exam.
~ cozen, deceive, delude, lead onbe false to; be dishonest with.
~ fudge, fake, falsify, misrepresent, wangle, manipulate, cooktamper, with the purpose of deception.; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data"
v. (social)9. betray, cheat, cheat on, cuckold, wanderbe sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage.; "She cheats on her husband"; "Might her husband be wandering?"
~ cozen, deceive, delude, lead onbe false to; be dishonest with.
~ two-timecarry on a romantic relationship with two people at the same time.
~ play around, fool aroundcommit adultery.; "he plays around a lot"