Sting and Screw

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

Usage example: swindlers who sting unwary tourists by posing as officials demanding money

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Screw is a synonym for sting in rip off topic. In some cases you can use "Screw" instead a verb "Sting".

Nearby Words: stinging, stingy, stinginess, stinger, stingily

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

Usage example: managed to screw his siblings out of their share of the inheritance

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Sting is a synonym for screw in cheat topic. Sometimes you can use "Sting" instead a verb "Screw", if it concerns topics such as rip off.

Nearby Words: screwy, screwball, screwed, screwing

old	old sting	old screw
full	full sting	full screw
particular	particular sting	particular screw
similar	similar sting	similar screw
Other adjectives: initial, true, single, actual, real, massive, huge, little, bad, major, minor, giant, added, bigger.

character	sting character	screw character
people	sting people	screw people
god	sting god	screw god
time	sting time	screw time
Other words: way, earth, bit, anyone, opponent, everyone, hands, humans, women, enemies, guys.

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