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taken for a ride
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past participle of take for a ride
Synonyms of taken for a ride
to rob by the use of trickery or threats
- That scam artist really took us for a ride.
Synonyms for taken for a ride
- beaten
- (or beat),
- bilked,
- bled,
- cheated,
- chiseled
- (or chiselled),
- choused,
- conned,
- cozened,
- defrauded,
- diddled,
- done,
- done in,
- euchred,
- fiddled,
- fleeced,
- flimflammed,
- gaffed,
- gypped,
- hosed
- [slang],
- hustled,
- mulcted,
- nobbled
- [British slang],
- plucked,
- reamed,
- ripped off,
- rooked,
- screwed,
- shaken down,
- shortchanged,
- shorted,
- skinned,
- skunked,
- squeezed,
- stiffed,
- stuck,
- stung,
- suckered,
- swindled,
- thimblerigged,
- victimized
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