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Synonyms & Antonyms of sting
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- swindlers who sting unwary tourists by posing as officials demanding money
Synonyms for sting
- 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,
- sucker,
- swindle,
- thimblerig,
- victimize
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nounSynonyms & Antonyms of sting (Entry 2 of 2)
- the pawn shop operation turned out to be a sting by undercover police officers to catch the ring of burglars
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- the sting of cold air against my face
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“Sting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sting. Accessed 21 May. 2022.
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