Bluff
Bluff verb - To cause to believe what is untrue.
Usage example: I bluffed the interviewer into believing that I could really speak French and thus would be the perfect person to serve in the newspaper's Paris bureau
Swindle and bluff are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Swindle" instead the word "Bluff" as a verb or a noun.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- He causes difficulties for the heroes on more than one occasion with his weakness for gambling, but his gambling experience also allows him to bluff and swindle nonhumans who could squish him like a bug in a straight-up fight.
Source: Series / Chinese Paladin 3 -
When the party tried to con another group of soldiers into relinquishing their helicopter in the Only War game, the players emphasized their ability to bluff and swindle people by operatically singing all their deceitful, deceitful lies.
Source: Podcast / Fandible
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