<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>(Plural: murphies) An Irish or white potato.</li><li>Any of various confidence games in which a victim is left with a sealed envelope supposedly containing money, but which contains only newspaper or scrap paper cut to the same size as paper money.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(Used with object) murphied, murphying. To victimize or dupe in such a manner.</li></ul>