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A fraudulent scheme, deal or act

A clever or devious plan or scheme

A deceptive game involving card manipulation

A financial scheme where a person inflates the price of something before selling

To gain an advantage or profit by using unfair or deceitful methods

To deal with underhandedly

To describe or express in too exaggerated terms

Lacking in morals or ethics

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Noun

A fraudulent scheme, deal or act

confidence trick

fraudulent scheme

confidence game

misrepresentation

bit of sharp practice

smoke and mirrors

piece of deception

bait-and-switch

daylight robbery

sanctimoniousness

hypocritical talk

hypocritical behaviour

illegal enterprise

criminal activity

pharisaicalness

false profession

pretentiousness

self-righteousness

monkey business

superciliousness

disingenuousness

self-satisfaction

duplicitousness

hollow pretense

false pretension

criminal violence

criminal action

a criminal offence

being two-faced

affected superiority

double standard

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“This whole business was one big scam to rope me in, and you never planned to keep your end of the bargain.”

Noun

A clever or devious plan or scheme

course of action

confidence trick

monkey business

sleight of hand

oldest trick in the book

underhandedness

bait and switch

unscrupulousness

standard procedure

preliminary design

vision statement

mission statement

palace intrigue

instrumentality

surreptitiousness

instrumentation

double-crossing

method of working

mode of behaviour

mode of conduct

topographical depiction

artist's impression

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“He'll come up with a clever scam to prevent the wrath of the people.”

Noun

A deceptive game involving card manipulation

three-card monte

three-card marney

three-card shuffle

three-card trick

Noun

A financial scheme where a person inflates the price of something before selling

lie and sell high

market manipulation

Verb

To gain an advantage or profit by using unfair or deceitful methods

take advantage of

take for a ride

put one over on

pull a swifty on

pull a fast one on

lead up the garden path

sell down the river

give someone a bum steer

break the rules

take to the cleaners

pull the wool over someone's eyes

pull a fast one

outmanoeuvre^UK

do the dirty on

lead down the garden path

take to cleaners

sell a bill of goods

sell a bill of goods to

play for a sucker

throw dust in someone's eyes

lead up garden path

take for a fool

play games with

get the better of

play a trick on

play for a fool

make a sucker of

do someone in the eye

pull someone's leg

pull something funny

stack the cards

stretch the rules

hit below the belt

propagandize^US

be unfaithful to

propagandise^UK

stab in the back

play someone false

give wrong information to

send on a wild goose chase

throw off the scent

put on the wrong track

put up smoke screen

put on false front

bait and switch

give the wrong impression

break faith with

twist around your little finger

find a loophole in

exploit a loophole in

do someone out of something

steal a march on

be cleverer than

run rings round

make rings round

put someone up to something

do someone dirty

play fast and loose with

give the runaround

slip something over on

send on a wild-goose chase

misrepresent the truth

distort the truth

betray one's true intentions

make a monkey of

make a monkey out of

make somebody look an idiot

arrange fraudulently

throw off balance

put someone off their stride

catch on the hop

go one better than

stretch the truth

be economical with the truth

bear false witness

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Verb

To deal with underhandedly

make arrangements for

be responsible for

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Verb

To describe or express in too exaggerated terms

overemphasise^UK

overemphasize^US

lay it on thick

make too much of something

stretch the truth

make a big thing of

make a federal case of

lay it on with a trowel

blow something out of all proportion

blow up out of all proportion

lay it on with a shovel

make a production out of

draw the longbow

make a mountain out of a molehill

blow out of proportion

pile it on about

lay it on thick about

make a drama out of a crisis

lay it on with a trowel about

make a big thing out of

make a production of

chew the scenery

attach too much importance to

attach too much weight to

draw the long bow

make federal case

make a big thing about

make a big deal out of something

overstate the case

lay too much emphasis on

place too much emphasis on

blow up out of proportion

express emotion

make a mountain out of

emphasize too much

magnify importance

allow too much for

make a song and dance about

get carried away

give someone a sob story

stretch a point

exaggerate information

give substance to

send through the roof

sensationalize^US

sensationalise^UK

lay too much stress on

add fuel to the flames

add fuel to the fire

rub salt in the wound

fan the flames of

add insult to injury

go on and on about

go over the top about

play to the gallery

play to gallery

go overboard with

make a performance of

embellish the truth

pay extravagant compliments

give fulsome praise

lay on with a trowel

play on heartstrings

make a thing of

make a thing about

chew up the scenery

focus attention on

turn spotlight on

give prominence to

call attention to

bring to the fore

lay emphasis on

draw attention to

put emphasis on

bring attention to

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Adjective

Lacking in morals or ethics

dishonourable^UK

dishonorable^US

double-crossing

under-the-table

unsportsmanlike

unconscientious

against the law

under the table

against the rules

cloak-and-dagger

of dubious character

good-for-nothing

under the counter

potentially illegal

beyond contempt

demoralizing^US

demoralising^UK

easily corrupted

open to bribery

good-for-naught

gone to the dogs

without scruples

without standards

beyond the pale

contrary to the rules

unauthorized^US

insurrectionary

unauthorised^UK

hole-and-corner

playing politics

not straightforward

under-the-counter

contrary to law

in violation of law

without law and order

evil-intentioned

Mephistophelian

unfavourable^UK

disadvantageous

counterproductive

beneath contempt

environmentally unfriendly

stick out like sore thumb

mephistophelean

in the fast lane

highly improper

lacking restraint

pleasure-seeking

ill-intentioned

deserving blame

gossip-mongering

accidentally on purpose

untrammelled^UK

unconstitutional

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