DECEPTION
(as) slippery as an eel
devious; undependable.Tom can't be trusted. He's as slippery as an eel.It's hard to catch Joe in his office because he's slippery as an eel.
bait and switch
a deceptive merchandising practice where one product is advertised to get people's attention [the bait], but pressure is applied to get the customer to purchase a more expensive item. (Fixed order.)Walter described the appliance store as bait and switch, since they never seemed to have in stock the bargains that they advertised.Max accused the merchant of bait and switch and stalked out of the store.
been had
been mistreated; been cheated or dealt with badly. (Informal or slang.)They were cheated out of a thousand dollars. They've really been had.Look what they did to my car. Boy, have I been had.
by hook or (by) crook
by any means, legal or illegal. (Folksy. Fixed order.)I'll get the job done by hook or by crook.I must have that house. I intend to get it by hook or crook.
catch on (to someone or something)
to figure someone or something out; to solve a puzzle; to see through an act of deception.Mary caught on to Bob and his tricks.Ann caught on to the woman's dishonest plan.The woman thought that Ann wouldn't catch on.
cheat on someone
to commit adultery; to be unfaithful to one's lover."Have you been cheating on me?" cried Mrs. Franklin."No, I haven't been cheating on you," said Mr. Franklin.
cook the accounts
to cheat in bookkeeping; to make the accounts appear to balance when they do not.Jane was sent to jail for cooking the accounts of her mother's store.It's hard to tell whether she really cooked the accounts or just didn't know how to add.
cover someone's tracks (up)
to conceal one's trail; to conceal one's past activities.She was able to cover her tracks up so that they couldn't find her.It's easy to cover up your tracks if you aren't well known.The robber failed to cover his tracks.
cover something up
to conceal something.They covered up the truth about the crime.We'll cover this little matter up and make up a story for the press.
cross someone up
to give someone trouble; to defy or betray someone. (Also without up.)You really crossed me up when you told Tom what I said.Please don't cross me up again.
dirty work
dishonest or underhanded actions; treachery.She knew there was some dirty work going on when she saw her opponents whispering together.The company seems respectable enough, but there's a lot of dirty work that goes on.
do a snow job on someone
to deceive or confuse someone. (Informal or slang.)Tom did a snow job on the teacher when he said that he was sick yesterday.I hate it when someone does a snow job on me. I find it harder and harder to trust people.
do someone out of something
to cheat someone out of something. (Informal or slang.)They did the widow out of her life savings.I won't let anyone do me out of anything. I'm a very cautious and suspicious person.
do something on the sly
to do something slyly or sneakily. (Informal.)He was seeing Mrs. Smith on the sly.She was supposed to be losing weight, but she was snacking on the sly.
double-cross someone
to betray someone by doing the opposite of what was promised; to betray a person by not doing what was promised. (Slang. Originally criminal slang.)If you double-cross me again, I'll kill you.Tom is mad at Jane because she double-crossed him on the sale of his car.
down-and-dirty
sneaky, unfair, lowdown, and nasty. (Slang. Fixed order.)The boys played a real down-and-dirty trick on the teacher.A political campaign provides a lot of down-and-dirty speeches that only confuse the voters.
fall for something
to be deceived by something.I can't believe you fell for that old trick.lane didn't fall for Ann's story.
fall into a trap and fall into the trap; fall into someone's trap
to become caught in someone's scheme; to be deceived into doing or thinking something.We fell into a trap by asking for an explanation.I fell into his trap when I agreed to drive him home.We fell into the trap of thinking he was honest.
fly-by-night
irresponsible; untrustworthy. (Refers to a person who sneaks away secretly in the night.)The carpenter we hired was a fly-by-night worker who did a very bad job.You shouldn't deal with a fly-by-night merchant.
fob something off (on someone)
to trick someone into accepting something that is worthless. (Informal.)The car dealer fobbed a junky car off on Tom.He also fobbed off a bad car on Jane.Some car dealers are always trying to fob something off.
give someone a bum steer
to give someone misleading instructions or guidance; to make a misleading suggestion. (Slang. Bum - false; phony. Steer = guidance, as in the steering of a car.)Max gave Ted a bum steer and Ted ended up in the wrong town.Someone gave me a bum steer, and I paid far more than I needed to for a used car.
give someone a line and feed someone a line
to lead someone on; to deceive someone with false talk.Don't pay any attention to John. He gives everybody a line.He's always feeding us a line.
gloss something over
to cover up or conceal an error; to make something appear right by minimizing or concealing the flaws.When I asked him not to gloss the flaws over, he got angry.When Mr. Brown was selling me the car, he tried to gloss over its defects.
have an ace up one's sleeve
to have a secret or concealed means of accomplishing something.I think that Liz has an ace up her sleeve and will surprise us with success at the last minute.I have done all I can do. I have no idea what to do next. I don't have an ace up my sleeve, and I can't work miracles.
in bad faith
without sincerity; with bad or dishonest intent; with duplicity.It appears that you acted in bad faith and didn't live up to the terms of our agreement.If you do things in bad faith, you'll get a bad reputation.
keep up an act and keep up one's act
to maintain a false front; to act in a special way that is different from one's natural behavior.Most of the time John kept up an act. He was really not a friendly person.He works hard to keep up his act.
keep up appearances
to keep oneself looking calm or happy despite serious problems.Even with all the trouble Dave was having at home, he still managed to keep up appearances.She was trained from childhood to keep up appearances no matter how bad she really felt.
lead someone down the garden path
to deceive someone.Now, be honest with me. Don't lead me down the garden path.That cheater really led her down the garden path.
lull someone into a false sense of security
to lead someone into believing that all is well before attacking or doing something bad to someone.We lulled the enemy into a false sense of security by pretending to retreat. Then we launched an attack.The boss lulled us into a false sense of security by saying that our jobs were safe and then let half the staff go.
make something up out of whole cloth
to create a story or a lie from no facts at all.I don't believe you. I think you made that up out of whole cloth.Ann made up her explanation out of whole cloth. There was not a bit of truth in it.
monkey business
playful or deceptive activities; mischievous or illegal activities.There's been some monkey business in connection with the bank's accounts.Bob left the company quite suddenly. I think there was some monkey business between him and the boss's wife.
on the take
accepting bribes. (Slang.)I don't believe that the mayor is on the take.The county clerk has been on the take for years.
pad the bill
to put unnecessary items on a bill to make the total cost higher. (Informal.)The plumber had padded the bill with things we didn't need.I was falsely accused of padding the bill.
paper over the cracks (in something)
to try to hide faults or difficulties, often in a hasty or not very successful way.The politician tried to paper over the cracks in his party's economic policy.Tom tried to paper over the cracks in his relationship with the boss, but it was not possible.She didn't explain it. She just papered over the cracks.
play possum
to pretend to be inactive, unobservant, asleep, or dead. (Folksy. The possum is an opossum.)I knew that Bob wasn't asleep. He was just playing possum.I can't tell if this animal is dead or just playing possum.
play tricks (on someone)
to trick or confuse someone.I thought I saw a camel over there. I guess my eyes are playing tricks on me.Please don't play tricks on your little brother. It makes him cry.
pull a fast one
to succeed in an act of deception. (Slang.)She was pulling a fast one when she said she had a headache and went home.Don't try to pull a fast one with me! I know what you're doing.
pull a stunt (on someone) and pull a trick (on someone)
to deceive someone.Let's pull a trick on the teacher.Don't you dare pull a stunt like that!
pull someone's leg
to kid, fool, or trick someone. (Informal.)You don't mean that. You're just pulling my leg.Don't believe him. He's just pulling your leg.
pull something on someone
to play a trick on someone; to deceive someone with a trick. (The word something is often used.)You wouldn't pull a trick on me, would you?Who would pull something like that on an old lady?
pull the wool over someone's eyes
to deceive someone.You can't pull the wool over my eyes. I know what's going on.Don't try to pull the wool over her eyes. She's too smart.
put on
to pretend; to act as if something were true.Ann wasn't really angry. She was just putting on.I can't believe she was just putting on. She really looked mad.
put on an act
to pretend that one is something other than what one is.Be yourself, Ann. Stop putting on an act.You don't have to put on an act. We accept you the way you are.
put someone on
to tease or deceive someone. (Slang.)Oh, you're not serious. You're putting me on.Stop putting me on!
put something over (on someone)
to manage to trick or deceive someone.They really put one over on me.It's easy to put something over if you plan carefully.
red herring
a piece of information or suggestion introduced to draw attention away from the real facts of a situation. (A red herring is a type of strong smelling smoked fish that was once drawn across the trail of a scent to mislead hunting dogs and put them off the scent.)The detectives were following a red herring, but they're on the right track now.Jack and Mary were hoping their friends would confuse their parents with a red herring so that they wouldn't realize that they had eloped.
sail under false colors
to pretend to be something that one is not. (Originally nautical, referring to a pirate ship disguised as an innocent merchant ship.)John has been sailing under false colors. He's really a spy.I thought you were wearing that uniform because you worked here. You are sailing under false colors.
sell someone a bill of goods
to get someone to believe something that isn't true; to deceive someone. (Informal.)Don't pay any attention to what John says. He's just trying to sell you a bill of goods.I'm not selling you a bill of goods. What I say is true.
set someone up
to lead—by deception—a person to play a particular role in an event; to arrange an event—usually by deception—so that a specific person takes the consequences for the event; to frame someone. (Informal or slang.)I had nothing to do with the robbery! I was just standing there. Somebody must have set me up!John isn't the one who started the fight. Somebody set up the poor guy.
shed crocodile tears and cry crocodile tears
to shed false tears; to pretend that one is weeping.The child wasn't hurt, but she shed crocodile tears anyway.He thought he could get his way if he cried crocodile tears.
smoke and mirrors
deception and confusion. (Said of statements or more complicated rhetoric used to mislead people rather than inform. Refers to the way a magician uses optical illusion to create believability while performing a trick. Fixed order.)Most people know that the politician was just using smoke and mirrors to make things look better than they really were.Her report was little more than smoke and mirrors. No one will believe any of it.
snake in the grass
a low and deceitful person.Sally said that Bob couldn't be trusted because he was a snake in the grass."You snake in the grass!" cried Sally. "You cheated me."
speak with a forked tongue
to tell lies; to try to deceive someone.Jean's mother sounds very charming, but she speaks with a forked tongue.People tend to believe Fred because he seems plausible, but we know he speaks with a forked tongue.
stab someone in the back
to betray someone. (Informal.)I thought we were friends! Why did you stab me in the back?You don't expect a person whom you trust to stab you in the back.
suck someone in and take someone in
to deceive someone. (The expression with suck is slang.)I try to shop carefully so that no one can take me in.I think that someone sucked in both of them. I don't know why they bought this car.
sweep something under the carpet and sweep something under the rug
to try to hide something unpleasant, shameful, etc., from the attention of others.The boss said he couldn't sweep the theft under the carpet, that he'd have to call in the police.Roger had a tendency to sweep all the problems under the rug.
take advantage of someone
to cheat or deceive someone.The store owner took advantage of me, and I'm angry.You must be alert when you shop to make sure that someone doesn't take advantage of you.
take someone for a ride
to trick or deceive someone. (Informal.)Old people are being taken for a ride by bogus workmen.Whoever sold Tom that car took him for a ride. It needs a new engine.
throw someone off the track and throw someone off the trail
to cause someone to lose the trail (when following someone or something).The raccoon threw us off the track by running through the creek.The robber threw the police off the trail by leaving town.
trumped-up
false; fraudulently devised.They tried to have Tom arrested on a trumped-up charge.Bob gave some trumped-up excuse for not being at the meeting.
two-time someone
to cheat on or betray one's spouse or lover by dating or seeing someone else. (Slang.)When Mrs. Franklin learned that Mr. Franklin was two-timing her, she left him.Ann told Bob that if he ever two-timed her, she would cause him a lot of trouble.
wolf in sheep's clothing
someone or something threatening that is disguised as someone or something kind.Beware of the police chief. He seems polite, but he's a wolf in sheep's clothing.This proposal seems harmless enough, but I think it's a wolf in sheep's clothing.
See also CONCEAL.
bamboozle
tr. to deceive someone; to confuse someone.Don't try to bamboozle me! I know what I want!The crooks bamboozled the old man out of his life savings.
bite
in. to accept a deception; to fall for something; to respond to a come-on.I knew somebody would bite.We put up a sign advertising free pop, but nobody bit.
blow someone off
tr. to cheat someone; to deceive someone.Don't try to blow me off! I know what's what.They blew off a young couple and conned a hundred bucks out of them.
buckpasser
n. someone who cannot accept the responsibility for something.You are the most irresponsible buckpasser I have ever had to deal with!When something really goes wrong, everybody suddenly becomes a buckpasser.
bull
tr. & in. to lie to or deceive someone.Stop bulling me!Is she bulling again?
bullshit
tr. to deceive someone; to lie to someone. (Use with caution.)Stop bullshitting me!You wouldn't bullshit us, would you?
bunco
1.
n. a scheme to swindle people. (From banca, the name of a card game in Spanish.)
He's been fiddling with bunco on the West Coast.All the stuff relating to bunco comes across this desk.
2.
tr. to swindle someone.
They buncoed an old lady and left her penniless.Fred tried to bunco a chick in Frisco, but felt sorry for her at the last minute.
burn
n. a deception; an instance of being cheated.Man, that was a burn. That guy was really mad.We pulled off the burn without a hitch. It was a gas.
burn artist
n. someone who cheats or harms someone else. (Underworld.)Never trust a known burn artist.The fuzz rounded up all the burn artists in the district and pumped them for info.
burned
mod. cheated; betrayed.Man, did I get burned in that place!We sure got burned on that deal.
caper
n. any stunt or event; a trick or a scam.That little caper the kids did with the statue from the town square was a dandy.Another caper like that and I call your parents.
clip
tr. to cheat someone.That guy in there clipped me for a fiver.I didn't clip you or anybody else!
clipped
mod. cheated.When Marty counted his change, he found he'd been clipped.You weren't clipped by me. I just made a mistake.
con
1.
n. a confidence scheme.
They pulled a real con on the old lady.This is an okay con you got going.
2.
tr. to swindle or deceive someone.
Don't try to con me. I know the score.Bruno conned him out of his money.
con job
n. an act of deception.What a con job he tried to pull on us!This is not an annual report! It's a con job!
diddle
tr. to cheat someone; to deceive someone.The clerk diddled me so I reported her.That's a good place to get diddled. You gotta watch them in there.
dirty
mod. low and sneaky.What a dirty trick!That was really dirty!What a dirty thing to do!
dirty pool
n. activities conducted using unfair or sneaky tactics.They're playing dirty pool now. This calls for a new plan.When they start playing dirty pool, it's time to get mean.
dirty work
n. sneaky activities.I hear that Sam is up to his old dirty work again.He is a master at dirty work.
do a number on someone and do a job on someone
tr. to harm or deceive someone.The IRS really did a number on me.My local friendly plumber did a job on me cleaning out my drain.
do a snow job on someone
tr. to deceive or confuse someone.Don't try to do a snow job on me. I know all the tricks.She thought she did a snow job on the teacher, but it backfired.
dodge
n. a swindle; a deception.What sort of dodge did you get flimflammed with?Gary has a new dodge to make money, but he hasn't made any yet.
done by mirrors and done with mirrors
mod. illusory; purposefully deceptive.The whole budgetary process is done with mirrors.The self-review was done by mirrors and didn't come off too bad.
double-dipper
n. a person who collects two salaries; a federal employee who collects a federal pension and Social Security.The voters of the state were shocked to learn that there were no laws against double-dippers.The doubledippers say they weren't doing anything wrong.
euchre
tr. to cheat or deceive someone.Those guys'll try to euchre you, so watch out.I think the clerk euchred me.
fake it
tr. to pretend (to do something).If you don't know the right notes, just fake it.I can't fake it anymore. I've got to be honest with you.
fake someone out
tr. to deceive someone, as with a football pass.They faked me out, and then I stumbled over my own feet. The coach was fuming.We faked out the teacher, who thought we had gone out in the hall.
fast one
n. a clever and devious trick.That was a fast one. I didn't know you were so devious.This was the last fast one like that you'll ever pull on me.
flimflam
1.
n. a confidence trick or deception.
The whole business sounds like a bit of flimflam to me.The crooks pulled a nasty flimflam on Betsy.
2.
tr. & in. to cheat or deceive (someone).
Don't try to flimflam me. I wasn't born yesterday, you know.She is flimflamming over at the Adamsville fair this week.
flimflam artist
n. someone who practices confidence tricks or deceptions on someone else.I don't trust that flimflam artist at all.Pretty soon, you'll learn how to spot a flimflam artist.
four-flusher
n. a cheater.Bruno is a lousy four-flusher, among other unpleasant things.You dirty four-flusher!
frame
1.
tr. to cause an innocent person to be blamed for a crime; to contrive evidence so that someone appears to be guilty. (Originally underworld.)
Jimmy tried to frame his sister for painting the cat yellow.You won't frame me and get away ith it!
2.
and frame-up; frameup n. a scheme in which an innocent person is made to take the blame for something; ncrimination caused by contrived evidence. (Underworld.)
Bruno would never fall easy. Must be a frame.The frame-up would have worked if it weren't for one little thing.
front
in. to pretend.Wendy, you are not real. You're just fronting all the time.Stop fronting and be yourself.
fudge
in. to cheat; to deceive (someone).Bill, you're fudging. Wait till the starting gun fires.No fair fudging!
give someone the shaft
tr. to cheat or deceive someone; to mistreat someone.The boss really gave Wally the shaft.Somebody always gives me the shaft.
hanky-panky
n. funny business; deceitfulness.There's some hanky-panky going on in the treasurer's office.I am going to get this hanky-panky straightened out.
hocus
tr. to falsify something; to adulterate something.Who hocused the check?Somebody has hocused the booze.
hook
tr. to cheat someone.Watch the clerk in that store. He might try to hook you.They hooked me on the car deal.
hooked (on something)
mod. cheated.I was really hooked on this travel deal.You were hooked, all right.
hoser
n. a cheater or deceiver.Stop acting like a hoser and tell me the truth!You dirty lying hoser!
hustle
1.
n. a scheme to make money; a special technique for making money. (Underworld. This includes drug dealing, prostitution, and other vice activities.)
Each of these punks has a hustle— a specialty in crime.We all know what Max's hustle is.
2.
in. to use one's special technique for making money.
He's out there on the streets hustling all the time.I gotta go hustle. I need some bread.
3.
tr. to use a scheme on a person to try to make money.
Don't try to hustle me, sister. I know which end is up.Sam is always trying to hustle people.
jeff
tr. to persuade or deceive someone.The guy tried to jeff me!You're just jeffing us!
jive
n. lies; deception; nonsense.No more of your jive. Talk straight or don't talk.I've listened to your jive for years. You'll never change.
lip gloss
n. lies; deception; exaggeration. (From the name of a lipstick-like cosmetic.)Everything he says is just lip gloss. He is a liar at heart.She doesn't mean it. Her words are just lip gloss.
on the sly
mod. secretly and deceptively.She was stealing little bits of money on the sly.Martin was having an affair with the maid on the sly.
pack of lies
n. a whole collection or series of lies.I've heard you talk about this before, and it's all a pack of lies.Her story is nothing but a pack of lies.
palm
tr. to conceal something in the hand as in a theft or the performance of a magic trick; to receive and conceal a tip or a bribe.The kid palmed the candy bar and walked right out of the store.The waiter palmed the twentydollar bill and led us to a table.
perpetrate
in. to pose; to pretend.Terry is always walking around perpetrating. He sure wants people to think he's somebody.Look at her clothes. Have you ever seen anyone perpetrate like that?
phutz and futz
tr. to swindle or cheat someone.Don't futz me! Tell the truth!The muggers phutzed his wallet and watch.
play around (with someone)
in. to tease, deceive, or try to trick someone.You're playing around with me. Leave me alone.Don't pay any attention to them. They're just playing around.
put a con on someone
tr. to attempt to deceive someone; to attempt to swindle someone. (Underworld.)Don't try to put a con on me, Buster! I've been around too long.I wouldn't try to put a con on you. I'm not that dumb.
put someone on
tr. to tease or deceive someone innocently and in fun.Come on! You're just putting me on!He got real mad even though they were only putting him on.
put-up job
n. a deception; a deceptive event.That's really phony. A put-up job if I ever saw one.No put-up job is clever enough to fool me.
racket
n. a deception.He operated a racket that robbed old ladies of their savings.This is not a service station; it's a real racket!
rig
tr. to arrange or tamper with the results of something.The crooks rigged the election.Somebody rigged the contest so no one got first prize.
rook
tr. to cheat someone.She tried to rook me when I paid my bill.Don't go into that store. They'll rook you.
sandbag
tr. to deceive someone; to fool someone about one's capabilities.Don't let them sandbag you into expecting too little.The guy sandbagged me, and I wasn't expecting him to shoot the ball.
scabbed
mod. cheated in a drug deal; having been sold bogus or inferior drugs.Max got scabbed by a dealer who got arrested the next day.This junk is junk. I've been scabbed.
scam
1.
n. a swindle.
I lost a fortune in that railroad scam.What a scam! I'm calling the cops.
2.
tr. to swindle someone; to deceive someone.
They were scammed by a sweet-talking southern lady who took all their money.She scammed them for every cent they had.
screw
tr. to cheat someone.That salesman tried to screw me, but I just walked out on him.They didn't screw me. I got good value for my money.
screwed
mod. bested; defeated; cheated.I really got screwed at the garage.If you don't want to get screwed by somebody, you have to do it yourself.
screw someone out of something
tr. to cheat someone of something.You are trying to screw me out of what is rightfully mine!I'm not trying to screw anybody out of anything!
shill
n. someone planted in the crowd to urge others to buy something, participate in something, etc.The guy's a shill! Don't fall for this setup!There were more shills than suckers on the midway that day.
shit
tr. to deceive someone; to lie to someone. (Use with caution.)Stop shittin' me, you bastard!You wouldn't shit me, would you?
short
tr. to give someone less of something than was agreed upon.You shorted me!They shorted us on the last order, so we switched suppliers.
shuck
tr. to swindle someone; to deceive someone.The con man shucked a number of people in the town before moving on.He was going to shuck the mayor, but people were beginning to talk, so he blew town.
skin
tr. to cheat or overcharge someone.The guy who sold me this car really skinned me.We skinned him on that stock deal.
skin game
n. any swindle. (Underworld.)Bruno was mixed up in a skin game for a while.The con running the skin game got out of town.
skullduggery
n. deceitful doings; dirty work.It took a lot of skullduggery to bring it off, but that was no problem for Janice.Without skullduggery, politics wouldn't be interesting.
smoke
n. exaggeration; deception.That's not a report. That's just smoke.If the smoke is too obvious, they'll just get suspicious.
smoke and mirrors
n. a strategy of deception and cover-up.Her entire report was nothing but smoke and mirrors. Who could believe any of it?There is no plan. It's all just smoke and mirrors.
sneaky
mod. unfair and sly.That was a sneaky thing to do!Jerry is sneaky. Don't trust him.
snookered
mod. cheated; deceived.I was snookered skillfully and quickly. It was almost a pleasure.I got snookered at the service station.
snow
1.
n. deceitful talk; deception.
No snow, okay? I want straight talk.All I heard for an hour was snow. Now, what's the truth?
2.
tr. to attempt to deceive someone.
Don't try to snow me!You can try to snow me if you want, but I'm onto your tricks.
snowed
mod. deceived.He was one snowed coach. He still doesn't know what really happened.We really had him snowed!
snow job
n. a systematic deception.You can generally tell when a student is trying to do a snow job.This snow job you call an explanation just won't do.
spin doctor
n. someone who provides an interpretation of news or an event in a way that makes the news or event work to the advantage of the entity employing the spin doctor. (Usually in political contexts in reference to manipulating the news.)Things were going bad for the president, so he got himself a new spin doctor.A good spin doctor could have made the incident far less damaging.
stack the deck
tr. to arrange things secretly for a desired outcome. (From card playing, where a cheater may arrange the order of the cards that are to be dealt to the players.)The president stacked the deck so I would be appointed head of the finance committee.It's not fair when somebody stacks the deck.
stiff
tr. to cheat someone.The clown selling hot dogs stiffed me for about forty cents.I really got stiffed on that deal. Look at this cheap junk.
sting
tr. to cheat or swindle someone; to overcharge someone.That street merchant stung me, but good.They are likely to sting you in any of those hockshops.
sucker
tr. to trick or victimize someone.That crook suckered me. I should have known better.They suckered him into selling half interest in his land.
take
tr. to cheat or deceive someone.That clerk tried to take me.When they think you're going to count your change, they won't try to take you.
taken and had; took
mod. cheated; deceived.I counted my change, and I knew I was taken.You were really took, all right.
take someone in and rope someone in
tr. to cheat or deceive someone.He might try to take you in. Keep an eye on him and count your change.The con artists tried to rope in the old lady, but she was too clever.
trick on someone
in. to deceive someone.What are you doing? Are you tricking on me?Mary is always tricking on people and now nobody trusts her.
two-time
tr. to deceive one's lover.Sam wouldn't two-time Martha. He just wouldn't!Sam would and did two-time Martha!
vicked
mod. cheated; victimized.I feel so vicked when I see where my taxes are spent.I got vicked at the stereo repair shop.
wall job
n. a car—in the shop for repairs— which is parked against the wall with no repairs done. (The customer is charged anyway.)Places like those we surveyed may charge hundreds of dollars for what they call “wall jobs.”Okay, Lefty, the Caddy looks like another wall job. Throw some plastic over it, and we'll call the old girl and tell her it needs parts.
yench
tr. to swindle someone or something; to victimize someone or something. (Underworld.)The flimflam artist yenched a couple of banks and then moved on.Somebody tried to yench the wrong guy at the circus.