to rook

Examples

• All

• I felt like I got rooked when the contractor charged me extra for materials that were supposed to be included.

• You got rooked, you want your old life back.

  R.I.P.D. (2013)

• And then all about how he got rooked in Miami.

  Detour (1945)

• I'm beginning to think I'm getting rooked again.

  Spanish Judges (2000)

• But he rooked us--

  Spanish Judges (2000)

• Ajax was rooked out of the arms of Achilles, probably by Odysseus.

  Stanford

• He rooked us.

  Spanish Judges (2000)

• They rooked me out of my savings by promising high returns on a fake investment.

• She was angry after realizing that the seller had rooked her into buying a defective car.

Synonyms

C

to cheat

vsto rook

474 1.2

To act dishonestly to gain an unfair advantage

narrows this to cheating aimed at taking money or belongings

T

to trick

vsto rook

326 3.5

To make someone believe something false so you can get what you want

narrows this to tricking specifically to take money or items

R

to roll

vsto rook

• Slang

128 8.8

To trick someone to take their money or goods

is similar but highlights planned trickery to take possessions

C

to con

vsto rook

• Informal

61 7.3

To trick someone into giving their money or things

covers the same action but framed as deliberate taking of goods

D

to defraud

vsto rook

• Formal

40 6.9

To illegally get money or things from someone by lying

is similar but describes general trickery rather than legal emphasis

S

to scam

vsto rook

• NSFW

20 3.9

To trick someone into giving money or their things

is the same idea but emphasizes trickery for personal gain

S

to swindle

vsto rook

20 5.5

To cheat someone and take their money by lying

focuses specifically on taking money or possessions by trickery

B

to bilk

vsto rook

12 9.5

Cheat someone to avoid paying money you owe

focuses more broadly on tricking to take possessions or cash

V

to victimize

vsto rook

• US

7 7.2

Trick someone to take their money or things

stresses the act of tricking specifically to remove possessions

D

to diddle

vsto rook

• UK

6 8.9

To trick someone so you take their money or things

focuses specifically on trickery used to take money or goods

S

to short-change

vsto rook

• Informal

5 7.0

Give someone less money than they should get

involves trickery aimed at taking money or possessions broadly

C

to chisel

vsto rook

• Archaic

4 8.9

To cheat someone out of money or things by tricking them

specifies obtaining money or goods through deceptive means

G

to goldbrick

vsto rook

• Archaic

1 9.9

To cheat someone out of money or things

uses the same tricking action but always targets money or goods

H

to hornswoggle

vsto rook

• Archaic

1 9.9

To trick someone to take their money or things

limits this to taking money or possessions through crafty acts

N

to nobble

vsto rook

• NSFW

1 9.9

Get money or goods from someone by tricking them

is the same action aimed particularly at money or belongings

B

to bunco

vsto rook

• Archaic

9.9

To cheat someone by lying to get their money

means the same but highlights trickery to take possessions

C

to chouse

vsto rook

9.9

To trick someone and take their money or things

is the same scheme focused on taking money or items

M

to mulct

vsto rook

• NSFW

9.9

Cheat someone to get their money or things

is the same idea but centred on trickery to steal value

G

to gip

vsto rook

• Offensive

9.9

To cheat someone by taking their money or things

is the neutral term for tricking to take money or belongings

F

to fleeche

vsto rook

• Archaic

9.9

To trick someone to take their money or goods

means the same taking of money or goods but is modern usage

How Dishonest

to defraud

• Formal

40 6.9

to rook

• Archaic

3 9.9

to swindle

20 5.5

to cheat

474 1.2

to deceive

270 3.9

to mislead

87 3.9

Surface Forms

Etymology