Synonyms of plays (upon)

plays (upon)

verb

present tense third-person singular of play (upon)

as in exploits

to control or take advantage of by artful, unfair, or insidious means

played upon the customer's vanity to convince her to buy the expensive makeup kit

Synonyms & Similar Words

• exploits
• manipulates
• deceives
• maneuvers
• engineers
• tricks
• takes in
• plots
• kids
• schemes
• deludes
• fools
• dupes
• devises
• gulls
• snows
• cozens
• intrigues
• bluffs
• masterminds
• jockeys
• machinates
• defrauds
• hoodwinks
• finagles
• chisels
• hoaxes
• swindles
• beguiles
• fleeces
• finesses
• cons
• arranges
• contrives
• cheats
• hustles
• shanghais