Synonyms of gaffed

gaffed

verb

past tense of gaff

1

as in tricked

to cause to believe what is untrue

a sleazy schemer who gaffed gullible people into thinking they could get rich with a money-making opportunity

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tricked
• fooled
• deceived
• juggled
• bluffed
• duped
• kidded
• teased
• burnt
• snookered
• hoaxed
• suckered
• misled
• gulled
• bamboozled
• humbugged
• hoodwinked
• caught
• deluded
• cheated
• sucked in
• hornswoggled
• conned
• misinformed
• buffaloed
• stung
• spoofed
• cozened
• strung along
• misguided
• beguiled
• burned
• snowed
• gammoned
• had
• had on
• took in
• faked out
• pulled one's leg
• did a number on
• pulled the wool over one's eyes
• stuck
• led one up the garden path
• led one down the garden path
• euchred
• hustled
• swindled
• put on
• rooked
• fleeced
• defrauded
• diddled
• skinned
• mulcted
• bled
• flimflammed
• shortchanged
• squeezed
• chiseled
• chiselled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• exposed
• revealed
• undeceived
• uncovered
• debunked
• unmasked
• showed up
• disclosed
• told
• unveiled
• divulged
• disillusioned
• disabused
• disenchanted
• uncloaked

2

as in cheated

to rob by the use of trickery or threats

the operators of the traveling carnival had gaffed patrons with a variety of time-honored ruses

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cheated
• plucked
• squeezed
• hustled
• stung
• screwed
• stuck
• beat
• deceived
• tricked
• suckered
• flimflammed
• bled
• euchred
• did
• fiddled
• swindled
• skinned
• conned
• reamed
• exploited
• rooked
• diddled
• victimized
• stiffed
• defrauded
• fleeced
• cozened
• fooled
• mulcted
• shortchanged
• bilked
• shorted
• skunked
• shook down
• chiseled
• ripped off
• chiselled
• nobbled
• betrayed
• hosed
• wrenched
• took for a ride
• clipped
• thimblerigged
• choused
• sold a bill of goods to
• extorted
• took to the cleaners
• did in
• gouged
• duped
• milked
• wrung
• soaked
• nicked
• gulled
• wrested
• overcharged
• bamboozled
• double-crossed
• roped (in)
• bitched
• fast-talked