noun
weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land
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- seeds sometimes considered poisonous
noun
weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat
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noun
someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
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the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
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- that book is a fraud
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a deception for profit to yourself
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verb
deprive somebody of something by deceit
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- The con-man beat me out of $50
- This salesman ripped us off!
- we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme
- They chiseled me out of my money
verb
defeat someone through trickery or deceit
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verb
engage in deceitful behavior
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- practice trickery or fraud
- Who's chiseling on the side?
verb
be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage
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- She cheats on her husband
- Might her husband be wandering?