gyp (n.)

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

    [ Syn: bunco , bunco game , bunko , bunko game , con , confidence trick , confidence game , con game , hustle , sting , flimflam ]

    gyp (v.)

  1. 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

    [ Syn: victimize , swindle , rook , goldbrick , nobble , diddle , bunco , defraud , scam , mulct , gip , hornswoggle , short-change , con ]

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