impose upon
verb
Roget 545:
deceive,
take in;
defraud,
cheat,
jockey,
do,
cozen,
diddle,
nab,
chouse,
play one false,
bilk,
cully†,
jilt,
bite,
pluck,
swindle,
victimize;
abuse;
mystify;
blind one's eyes;
blindfold,
hoodwink;
throw dust into the eyes;
dupe,
gull,
hoax,
fool,
befool†,
bamboozle,
flimflam,
hornswoggle;
trick.
impose upon,
practice upon,
play upon,
put upon,
palm off on,
palm upon,
foist upon;
snatch a verdict;
bluff off,
bluff;
bunko,
four flush [Slang],
gum [U.S.],
spoof [Slang],
stuff
(a ballot box) [U.S.].
circumvent,
overreach;
outreach,
out wit,
out maneuver;
steal a march upon,
give the go-by,
to leave in the lurch decoy,
waylay,
lure,
beguile,
delude,
inveigle;
entrap,
intrap†,
ensnare;
nick,
springe†;
set a trap,
lay a trap,
lay a snare for;
bait the hook,
forelay†,
spread the toils,
lime;
trapan†,
trepan;
kidnap;
let in,
hook in;
nousle†,
nousel†;
blind a trail;
enmesh,
immesh†;
shanghai;
catch,
catch in a trap;
sniggle,
entangle,
illaqueate†,
hocus,
escamoter†,
practice on one's credulity;
hum,
humbug;
gammon,
stuff up [Slang],
sell;
play a trick upon one,
play a practical joke upon one,
put something over on one,
put one over on;
balk,
trip up,
throw a tub to a whale;
fool to the top of one's bent,
send on a fool's errand;
make game,
make a fool of,
make an April fool of†,
make an ass of;
trifle with,
cajole,
flatter;
come over
etc.
(influence)
615;
gild the pill,
make things pleasant,
divert,
put a good face upon;
dissemble
etc.
544.
cog,
cog the dice,
load the dice,
stack the deck;
live by one's wits,
play at hide and seek;
obtain money under false pretenses
etc.
(steal)
791;
conjure,
juggle,
practice chicanery;
deacon [U.S.].
play off,
palm off,
foist off,
fob-off.
lie
etc.
544;
misinform
etc.
538;
mislead
etc.
(error)
495;
betray
etc.
940;
be deceived
etc.
547.
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Roget 923:
be wrong
etc.
adj.;
cry to heaven for vengeance.
do wrong
etc.
n.;
be inequitable
etc.
adj.;
favor,
lean towards;
encroach upon,
impose upon;
reap where one has not sown;
give an inch and take an ell,
give an inch and take an mile;
rob Peter to pay Paul.
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Roget 486:
be credulous
etc.
adj.;
jurare in verba magistri [Lat.];
follow implicitly;
swallow,
gulp down;
take on trust;
take for granted,
take for gospel;
run away with a notion,
run away with an idea;
jump to a conclusion,
rush to a conclusion;
think the moon is made of green cheese;
take for granted,
grasp the shadow for the substance;
catch at straws,
grasp at straws.
impose upon
etc.
(deceive)
545.
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