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(noun) flimflam, sting, con, con game, confidence game, confidence trick, hustle, bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game
a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
(verb) hornswoggle, goldbrick, gip, bunco, short-change, scam, rook, con, diddle, defraud, swindle, mulct, nobble, victimize
deprive 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