BILKING Synonyms

• conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end

• weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous

• weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat

• someone who leads you to believe something that is not true

• the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme

• a deception for profit to yourself

• deprive somebody of something by deceit

• defeat someone through trickery or deceit

• engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud

• be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage

• an argument opposed to a proposal

• a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison

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

• in opposition to a proposition, opinion, etc.

• deprive of by deceit

• commit to memory; learn by heart

• be false to; be dishonest with

• cause someone to believe an untruth

• deprive of by deceit

• a person who is tricked or swindled

• fool or hoax

• a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water)

• a passage selected from a larger work

• remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense

• get despite difficulties or obstacles

• deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)

• extract by the process of distillation

• separate (a metal) from an ore

• obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action

• take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy

• calculate the root of a number

• the wool of a sheep or similar animal

• tanned skin of a sheep with the fleece left on; used for clothing

• a soft bulky fabric with deep pile; used chiefly for clothing

• outer coat of especially sheep and yaks

• rip off; ask an unreasonable price

• shear the wool from

• a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of

• mostly white aquatic bird having long pointed wings and short legs

• make a fool or dupe of

• fool or hoax

• (sometimes offensive) an act of swindling or cheating

• (sometimes offensive) to cheat or swindle

• influence by slyness

• conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end

• outdo someone in trickery

• beat through cleverness and wit

• defeat by more skillful maneuvering

• beat through cleverness and wit

• defeat by more skillful maneuvering

• beat through cleverness and wit

• (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard

• common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of the American crow

• deprive of by deceit

• a fraudulent business scheme

• deprive of by deceit

• a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of

• a shoot arising from a plant's roots

• a drinker who sucks (as at a nipple or through a straw)

• flesh of any of numerous North American food fishes with toothless jaws

• hard candy on a stick

• an organ specialized for sucking nourishment or for adhering to objects by suction

• mostly North American freshwater fishes with a thick-lipped mouth for feeding by suction; related to carps

• the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme

• deprive of by deceit

• a cunning or deceitful action or device

• a period of work or duty

• an attempt to get you to do something foolish or imprudent

• a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement

• an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers

• a prostitute's customer

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

• deceive somebody