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Thesaurus > Related Words: rook

Words related to rook

Related / Similar Words: Corvus frugilegus, castle, victimize, swindle, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, con

Definition:
  • common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of the American crow;
  • (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard;
  • deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change";

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    Hyponyms: short-change, short

    Member Meronyms: Corvus, genus Corvus

    Derivational Morphology: castle, bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, confidence trick, confidence game, con game, gyp, hustle, sting, flimflam, swindler, chiseller, chiseler, gouger, scammer, grifter, sharper, sharpie, sharpy, scam, cozenage, swindle, cheat, rig, exploitation, victimization, victimisation, using


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