<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>to cheat (a person, business, etc.) out of money or other assets</li><li>to obtain by fraud or deceit</li><li>to put forward plausible schemes or use unscrupulous trickery to defraud others; cheat</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>an act of swindling or a fraudulent transaction or scheme</li><li>anything deceptive; a fraud</li></ul>