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sting
Synonyms and Antonyms of sting
- swindlers who sting unwary tourists by posing as officials demanding money
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
sting
Synonyms and Antonyms of sting
- the pawn shop operation turned out to be a sting by undercover police officers to catch the ring of burglars
- the sting of cold air against my face
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