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gyp

(/dZ//I/p )

noun (n)

a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property(noun.act)

Synonym:
bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, con game, confidence game, confidence trick, flimflam, hustle, sting

source: wordnet30
A college servant; -- so called in Cambridge, England; at Oxford called a scout.(noun)

source: webster1913

verb (v)

deprive of by deceit(verb.social)

Example:
The cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change.

Synonym:
bunco, con, defraud, diddle, gip, goldbrick, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, swindle, victimize

source: wordnet30

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