Fiddle and Gaff

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Fiddle verb - To rob by the use of trickery or threats.

Usage example: conscienceless grifters who had spent their lives fiddling the naive

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Gaff and fiddle are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Gaff" instead a verb "Fiddle".

Nearby Words: fiddling, fiddled, fiddly, fiddler

Gaff verb - To rob by the use of trickery or threats.

Usage example: the operators of the traveling carnival had gaffed the gullible with a variety of time-honored ruses

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Fiddle and gaff are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fiddle" instead a verb "Gaff".

Nearby Words: gaffed, gaffe, gaffer, gaffing

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