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Thimblerig Eg Crossword Clue

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noun

• a fraudulent business scheme

verb

• deprive of by deceit

44%9 Also known as thimblerig
noun

• a swindling sleight-of-hand game; victim guesses which of three things a pellet is under

27%5Thimblerig
noun

• weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous

• weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat

• someone who leads you to believe something that is not true

• the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme

• a deception for profit to yourself

verb

• deprive somebody of something by deceit

• defeat someone through trickery or deceit

• engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud

• be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage

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New York Times07 Oct 1992 Down 54
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