Swindles (3-4)
(Other definitions for rip-offs that I've seen before include "Financial exploitations" , "Informal swindles or frauds - by tearaways?" .)
'swindles' is the definition.
('con' can be a synonym of 'swindle')
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(Other definitions for cons that I've seen before include "Swindles" , "Tricks" , "Arguments against" .)
'swindles' is the definition.
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(Another definition for gyps that I've seen is " pains".)
'swindles' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for fleeces that I've seen before include "Rips off" , "layer[S?] of clothing" , "Ovine coats" .)
'swindles' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for scams that I've seen before include "fraudulent activities" , "Frauds (sl.)" , "Fraudulent business schemes" .)
'swindles' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for reams that I've seen before include "Large quantity of written matter" , "Scrapes the barrel" , "This much paperwork" , "Large quantities (of paper?)" , "Lots of paper" .)
'swindles' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for dupes that I've seen before include "Cheats" , "Fools, deceives" , "Gulls" , "People who have been fooled or swindled" , "Fools, hoaxes" .)
(Other definitions for ramps that I've seen before include "Slopes to calm traffic" , "Gradients" , "Sloping passages" , "Small road ridges for prams" , "Slopings passages" .)
'swindles' is the definition.
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'swindles' is the definition.
('defraud' can be a synonym of 'swindle')
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(Another definition for defrauds that I've seen is " Deprives of by deceit".)
'swindles' is the definition.
('cheat' can be a synonym of 'swindle')
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(Other definitions for cheats that I've seen before include "Doesn't follow the rules of the game" , "Chaste kind of swindlers" , "Chaste (anag.)" , "Swindles, defrauds" , "Dishonest dealers" .)