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ˈkʌ.kəʊld ˈkʌ.koʊld ˈdɑːnəɫ dɪˈsiːvə(ɹ) dɪˈsivɚ fɹɔːd fɹɔd fɹɑd ˈdʒɒki skɹuː ʃɑːft ʃæft ˈswɪnd(ə)l ˈwɒndə ˈwɑndɚ a deception for profit to yourself the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme that book is a fraud defeat someone 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? 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