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play (upon)

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of play (upon)

to control or take advantage of by artful, unfair, or insidious means

played upon the customerʼs vanity to convince her to buy the expensive makeup kit

Synonyms of play (upon)

exploit, manipulate

Words Related to play (upon)

engineer, finagle, jockey, maneuver

beguile, bluff, cozen, deceive, delude, dupe, fool, gull, hoax, hoodwink, kid, shanghai, snow, take in, trick

intrigue, machinate, plot, scheme

arrange, contrive, devise, finesse, mastermind

cheat, chisel, con, defraud, fleece, gyp, hustle, swindle

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