as in to cheat
to rob by the use of trickery or threats
had the feeling that I had just been thimblerigged by the sweetest-looking old lady
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as in three-card monte
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for thimblerig
Verb
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The only reason that Bikini Frankenstein does not rank higher on this list is because putting a softcore porno at the top would feel like cheating.—
Katie Rife,
Vulture,
9 Nov. 2025 -
But like his predecessor, this Frankenstein is just as obsessed with immortality and cheating death through science.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
8 Nov. 2025
Noun
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But what Booth desperately wants is for Linc to teach him the art of three-card monte, and to work with him on the street.—
Jim Higgins,
jsonline.com,
15 July 2025
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These characters are fluent in three-card monte rap, no cards required.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The polls had him on top for months, and his decision to focus his mayoral campaign on cost-of-living issues proved to be the right one in a city where residents are increasingly squeezed between growing rents and ever costlier public services.—
Newsweek Contributors,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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Aid is declining and rising debt is squeezing public budgets.—
Obiageli Ezekwesili,
semafor.com,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Chinese authorities have accused the group of being a pyramid scheme and a cult.—
Didi Kirsten Tatlow,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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For the Klan, Clarke and Tyler settled on a good old-fashioned American pyramid scheme.—
Jody Mamone,
Hartford Courant,
15 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The Dodgers, with baseball's biggest payroll, have used their financial ability to pluck some of the most sought-after and most expensive free agents on the market.—
Steve Futterman,
NPR,
4 Nov. 2025
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An all-star cast plucked from different corners of the pop culture firmament leads Ryan Murphy's All's Fair, a Hulu legal drama about female divorce attorneys who open their own practice.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
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What was once dismissed as a Ponzi scheme is now dressed up as the Lottery.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
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Just as a Ponzi scheme collapses without sufficient cash inflows from new investors, Ponzi finance collapses without sufficient price appreciation for the asset being financed.—
Hersh Shefrin,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Outerlands stars Dillon as thirtysomething Cass, who hustles jobs as a server, nanny and party drug dealer to make rent on their tiny San Francisco apartment.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
31 Oct. 2025
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But Boberg, a freshman defender, hustled to the goal line to block the attempt.—
Mike Cook,
Twin Cities,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Amanda Anisimova, who reached her first two Grand Slam finals this year, is a point-and-shoot hitter, and her rise this year means there will be another top player who can take the racket out of anyone’s hand on her day.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
10 Nov. 2025
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Who knew constitutional law could be such a money-making racket?—
Newsweek Staff,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Thimblerig.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thimblerig. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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