Synonyms of thimblerigs

thimblerigs 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of thimblerig

as in cheats

to rob by the use of trickery or threats

had the feeling that I had just been thimblerigged by the sweetest-looking old lady

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cheats
• squeezes
• plucks
• stings
• hustles
• sticks
• beats
• screws
• chouses
• euchres
• shakes down
• bleeds
• cozens
• does
• rips off
• mulcts
• tricks
• shorts
• victimizes
• deceives
• fleeces
• chisels
• defrauds
• flimflams
• skins
• suckers
• bilks
• fiddles
• shortchanges
• cons
• reams
• hoses
• swindles
• diddles
• skunks
• stiffs
• takes to the cleaners
• exploits
• nobbles
• gaffs
• rooks
• does in
• sells a bill of goods to
• betrays
• takes for a ride
• fools
• clips
• wrenches
• extorts
• milks
• ropes (in)
• gouges
• overcharges
• soaks
• wrests
• dupes
• wrings
• nicks
• gulls
• bitches
• bamboozles
• fast-talks
• double-crosses

thimblerigs

2 of 2

noun

plural of thimblerig

as in three-card montes

Synonyms & Similar Words

• three-card montes
• pyramid schemes
• devices
• Ponzi schemes
• rackets
• jigs
• stratagems
• dodges
• schemes
• sleights
• wiles
• phoneys
• shell games
• rip-offs
• gimmicks
• ploys
• forgeries
• bunkos
• counterfeits
• hoaxes
• phonies
• tricks
• fakes
• crosses
• cons
• fixes
• scams
• shams
• buncos
• humbug
• frauds
• swindles
• fiddles
• hustles
• flimflams
• stings