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sting
Synonyms and Antonyms of sting
1
to charge (someone) too much for goods or services
2
to rob by the use of trickery or threats
beat, bilk, bleed, cheat, chisel, chouse, con, cozen, defraud, diddle, do, do in, euchre, fiddle, fleece, flimflam, gaff, gyp, 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
sell a bill of goods to, take for a ride, take to the cleaners
sting
Synonyms and Antonyms of sting
1
an instance of the use of dishonest methods to acquire something of value
2
a sharp unpleasant sensation usually felt in some specific part of the body
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