cozen

Synonyms

bamboozle, beguile, bluff, buffalo, burn, catch, con, deceive, delude, dupe, fake out, fool, gaff, gull, have, hoax, hoodwink, humbug, juggle, misguide, misinform, mislead, snow, spoof, string along, take in, trick;

Antonyms

undeceive;

Near Antonyms

debunk, expose, reveal, show up, uncloak, uncover, unmask;

disclose, divulge, tell, unveil;

disabuse, disenchant, disillusion;

Related Words

kid, put on, tease;

bleed, cheat, chisel, defraud, diddle, euchre, flam, fleece, gyp, hustle, mulct, rook, shortchange, skin, squeeze, stick, sting, swindle;

Phrases

do a number on, lead one down the garden path (also lead one up the garden path), pull one's leg, pull the wool over one's eyes;