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gazump
raise the price of something after agreeing on a lower price
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cozen
cheat or trick
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fleece, gazump, hook, overcharge, pluck, plume, rob, soak, surcharge
rip off; ask an unreasonable price
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bunco, con, defraud, diddle, gip, goldbrick, gyp, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, swindle, victimize
deprive of by deceit
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bilk
cheat somebody out of what is due, especially money
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beat, bunk
avoid paying
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whipsaw
victimize, especially in gambling or negotiations
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welch, welsh
cheat by avoiding payment of a gambling debt
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beguile, hoodwink, juggle
influence by slyness
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extort, gouge, rack, squeeze, wring
obtain by coercion or intimidation
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short, short-change
cheat someone by not returning him enough money
