gyp
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Synonyms for gyp
Synonyms: Noun
bunco (or bunko), con, fiddle [chiefly British], flimflam, fraud, hustle, scam, shell game, sting, swindle
Synonyms: Verb
beat, bilk, bleed, cheat, chisel, chouse, con, cozen, defraud, diddle, do, do in, euchre, fiddle, fleece, flimflam, gaff, hose [slang], hustle, mulct, nobble [British slang], pluck, ream, rip off, rook, screw, shake down, short, shortchange, skin, skunk, squeeze, stick, stiff, sting, sucker, swindle, thimblerig, victimize
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Noun
Is that all they give you? What a gyp! we were very disappointed when the “free weekend in Las Vegas” offer turned out to be a gypVerb
gypped them into spending a fortune on counterfeit jewels, not real diamonds
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