gull

gull
v
1. cheat, rook, fleece, defraud, swindle, Archaic. chouse; bilk, pluck, mulct; victimize, exploit, play on or upon, take advantage of; overcharge, Sl. soak, Inf. gyp, Sl. chisel, Sl. gaff.
2. delude, deceive, beguile, mislead, hoodwink; pull the wool over [s.o.'s] eyes, put [s.t.] over on [s.o.]; cozen, bluff, take in, bamboozle, Sl. hornswoggle, cully, jockey, Inf. buffalo, Inf. finagle, Sl. con, Inf. flimflam, Sl. flam, Sl. sting; trick, fool, Inf. kid, spoof, put [s.o.] on; overreach, circumvent, get around.
n
3. dupe, gudgeon, simpleton, Brit. Dial. cull, Archaic. cully, Inf. chump, Sl. sap, Sl. schnook, Sl. schlemiel, Sl. boob; greenhorn, sitting duck, easy or soft mark or target, Inf. sucker, Inf. cinch, Sl. patsy, Sl. pigeon, U.S. Sl. fall guy, Sl. softie or soft touch, Sl. pushover, Inf. trusting soul; butt, fair game, fool, everybody's fool, Inf. goat, Brit. Sl. mug.
4. pawn, puppet, tool, instrument, flunky, lackey, cat's paw; creature, minion, dummy, Sl. stooge

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