the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme; "that book is a fraud";
someone who leads you to believe something that is not true;
weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat;
weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous;
defeat someone in an expectation through trickery or deceit;
deprive somebody of something by deceit; "The con-man beat me out of $50"; "This salesman ripped us off!"; "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"; "They chiseled me out of my money";
engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud; "Who''s chiseling on the side?";
be sexually unfaithful to one''s partner in marriage; "She cheats on her husband"; "Might her husband be wandering?";