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Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

3 letters

CON
In opposition to a proposition, opinion, etc.; "much was written pro and con"

GIP
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"

GYP
A swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property

4 letters

TAKE
Engage for service under a term of contract; "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?"

HOAX
Something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage

ROOK
Common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of the American crow

RUSE
A deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)

HOSE
A flexible pipe for conveying a liquid or gas

5 letters

TRICK
(card games) in a single round, the sequence of cards played by all the players; the high card is the winner

STING
A swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property

CHEAT
The act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme; "that book is a fraud"

FRAUD
Intentional deception resulting in injury to another person

SETUP
Get ready for a particular purpose or event; "set up an experiment"; "set the table"; "lay out the tools for the surgery"

BUNCO
A swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property

MULCT
Money extracted as a penalty

6 letters

NOBBLE
Take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom; "The industrialist's son was kidnapped"

DIDDLE
Manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination; "She played nervously with her wedding ring"; "Don't fiddle with the screws"; "He played with the idea of running for the Senate"

FLEECE
A soft bulky fabric with deep pile; used chiefly for clothing

RIPOFF
Deprive 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"

HOSING

HUSTLE
A rapid active commotion

CONJOB

RACKET
An illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit

7 letters

CONGAME
A swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property

DEFRAUD
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"

SWINDLE
The act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme; "that book is a fraud"

8 letters

COZENAGE
A fraudulent business scheme

FLIMFLAM
A swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property

HOODWINK
Conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end; "He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well"

9 letters

DECEPTION
An illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers

BAMBOOZLE
Conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end; "He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well"

VICTIMIZE
Punish unjustly

GOLDBRICK
Anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless

10 letters

BOONDOGGLE
Work of little or no value done merely to look busy

11 letters

HORNSWOGGLE
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"

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