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Word - rootword - affixes
mailaron - ilad - d>r~ma-~-on~
ma.i.la.run. - 4 syllables

d>r = ilar
ma- = mailar
-on = mailaron
mailaron

mailaron : deceptive (adj.)
ilad [í.lad.] : cheat (v.); con (v.); dupe (v.); gyp (v.); swindle (v.)

Derivatives of ilad


Glosses:
deceptive
adj. 1. deceptive, delusorycausing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true.; "deceptive calm"; "a delusory pleasure"
~ unrealnot actually such; being or seeming fanciful or imaginary.; "this conversation is getting more and more unreal"; "the fantastically unreal world of government bureaucracy"; "the unreal world of advertising art"
adj. 2. deceptive, misleading, shoddydesigned to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently.; "the deceptive calm in the eye of the storm"; "deliberately deceptive packaging"; "a misleading similarity"; "statistics can be presented in ways that are misleading"; "shoddy business practices"
~ dishonest, dishonorabledeceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive.
con
n. (communication)1. conan argument opposed to a proposal.
~ argument, statementa fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true.; "it was a strong argument that his hypothesis was true"
n. (person)2. con, convict, inmate, yard bird, yardbirda person serving a sentence in a jail or prison.
~ lifera prisoner serving a term of life imprisonment.
~ captive, prisonera person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war.
~ trustya convict who is considered trustworthy and granted special privileges.
n. (act)3. bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, con game, confidence game, confidence trick, flimflam, gyp, hustle, stinga swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property.
~ sting operationa complicated confidence game planned and executed with great care (especially an operation implemented by undercover agents to apprehend criminals).
~ swindle, cheat, rigthe act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme.; "that book is a fraud"
v. (social)4. bunco, con, defraud, diddle, gip, goldbrick, gyp, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, swindle, 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"
~ short, short-changecheat someone by not returning him enough money.
~ cheat, rip off, chiseldeprive 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"
v. (cognition)5. con, learn, memorise, memorizecommit to memory; learn by heart.; "Have you memorized your lines for the play yet?"
~ understudy, alternatebe an understudy or alternate for a role.
~ hit the books, studylearn by reading books.; "He is studying geology in his room"; "I have an exam next week; I must hit the books now"
adv. 6. conin opposition to a proposition, opinion, etc..; "much was written pro and con"
dupe
n. (person)1. dupe, victima person who is tricked or swindled.
~ individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soula human being.; "there was too much for one person to do"
~ laughingstock, goat, stooge, butta victim of ridicule or pranks.
~ chump, fall guy, gull, patsy, soft touch, sucker, fool, mug, marka person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of.
~ lamba person easily deceived or cheated (especially in financial matters).
~ easy mark, sitting ducka defenseless victim.
v. (communication)2. befool, cod, dupe, fool, gull, put on, put one across, put one over, slang, take infool or hoax.; "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can't fool me!"
~ kid, pull the leg oftell false information to for fun.; "Are you pulling my leg?"
~ deceive, lead astray, betraycause someone to believe an untruth.; "The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house"
gyp
swindle
n. (act)1. 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.