as in to cheat
to rob by the use of trickery or threats
had the feeling that I had just been thimblerigged by the sweetest-looking old lady
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as in three-card monte
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for thimblerig
Verb
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In June 2009, Kate filed for divorce following cheating allegations surrounding Jon.—
Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025 -
Park Min-young played a timid wife seeking revenge on her cheating man in Marry My Husband.—
Joan MacDonald,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
Noun
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But what Booth desperately wants is for Linc to teach him the art of three-card monte, and to work with him on the street.—
Jim Higgins,
jsonline.com,
15 July 2025
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These characters are fluent in three-card monte rap, no cards required.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The shakeups are the latest at a time when restaurants are squeezed between a labor shortage, rising food prices and a loss of customers as diners cut back on spending.—
Bud Kennedy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Sep. 2025
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For now, the three youngest each sleep in their own pack-and-plays squeezed into their parents’ bedroom.—
Jeff Truesdell,
People.com,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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For the Klan, Clarke and Tyler settled on a good old-fashioned American pyramid scheme.—
Jody Mamone,
Hartford Courant,
15 Aug. 2025
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These scammers lured their targets with various offers, from cryptocurrency investments to pyramid schemes, and operated mainly out of Southeast Asia.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
6 Aug. 2025
Verb
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There may be even greater reasons to put an ad that plucks the heartstrings in front of a broader crowd.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
5 Sep. 2025
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Through the BirdReturns farmlands program, late-summer fields are filled with a shallow 2- to 4-inch depth, allowing shorebirds to pluck bugs from the mud beneath the water.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Just as a Ponzi scheme collapses without sufficient cash inflows from new investors, Ponzi finance collapses without sufficient price appreciation for the asset being financed.—
Hersh Shefrin,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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Between 2023 and 2025, Carrasco-Ramirez is accused of persuading seven people to invest in a Ponzi scheme, deputies said.—
Daniella Segura,
Sacbee.com,
25 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Instead of hustling for one-day bookings, Patel engineered a system where one client often meant three to five events—maximizing return and loyalty.—
Sindhya Valloppillil,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Farnaz Farjam, one of the show’s executive producers, told Deadline that the production hustled to find a way to capture all three elements.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
1 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Human shied or extortion racket?—
Johnny Fils-Aimé,
Miami Herald,
8 Sep. 2025
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Mephistopheles, dispatched by the Devil to serve Faustus, can’t help getting the better of his mortal master, like an infernal Jeeves—or, more to the point, like a handler in the intelligence racket, running an anxious agent in the field.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Thimblerig.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thimblerig. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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