hustle
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8.0
- noun
- /ˈhʌsəl/
- Slang
:
timo
- A friend from back in the day wants you to invest in his latest hustle.
- street hustle
- illegal hustle
And then these people also have a side hustle where they grift to the MAGA base.
- And then these people also have a side hustle where they grift to the MAGA base.
- This all goes again hand in hand with staying out of that hustle scam that is so easy to fall into.
Examples
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I pulled a hustle once and got out of the draft.
Fiction book (1992) -
You know, no matter what he comes up with, it just sounds like a hustle.
Blog text (17) -
Now whatever hustle this is, whatever you and your uncle, whatever scheme you got going on, you are getting paid, right?
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This is a hustle in which rich people make themselves richer.
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We've been told you know a hustle artist named Johnny Hooker.
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I'm still so excited about my side hustle; it gives me butterflies in my stomach.
Blog text (30) -
I've always loved your hustle, but feared you might have lost half a step defensively last year.
Blog text (8) -
By nine, we've procured the services of a driver, an amiable young man who knows how to do the capitalist hustle.
Fiction book (1996) -
She fell victim to a hustle that promised her a quick fortune from a fake investment.
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After being tricked by a street hustle, he decided to be more cautious about offers that seemed too good to be true.
Synonyms
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3.0
A dishonest plan to get money by tricking people
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7.2
A dishonest trick to get someone's money or things
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6.3
A hidden trick to catch or cheat people often run by police
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7.8
An illegal business that makes money by scams or threats
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7.0
A plan to cheat people and take their money
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8.5
A dishonest plan where people pay to join and only earn money by recruiting others, not by selling things
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6.6
A dishonest trick that cheats people out of their money
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5.6
Dishonest actions in business or money matters
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8.9
A dishonest trick that gains someone's trust to steal their money
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9.9
A plan to cheat people and take their money
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4.6
A dishonest plan that promises to make you rich quickly with little work
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9.9
A trick that cheats people out of their money, often in gambling or fake investments
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6.6
A dishonest plan to gain someone's trust and then take their money or things
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6.3
Dishonest behavior in business or money matters
A trick that cheats people out of money by gambling or selling worthless things
A trick that cheats people out of their money, often by selling fake property
A dishonest scheme that tricks people into giving money, often by selling worthless goods
Antonyms
Compounds
How Dishonest
Surface Forms
Etymology
A hustle meaning a dishonest trick grew from the same idea of 'pushing' someone into a deal or 'shaking' them down. So a hustle is a clever or unfair scheme that takes money or advantage from someone.