1 to cheat

1 sudden movement of a corpse (superstition)

2 fig. sudden torrent of abuse

1 to defraud

2 to swindle

3 to blackmail

1 treachery

2 devious

3 a rogue

1 to rip off

2 to extort (money)

3 extortion

4 blackmail

1 to spread falsehoods

2 to increasingly distort the truth

3 to pile errors on top of errors (idiom)

1 the unvarnished truth is better than a cunning ruse (idiom)

2 honesty is the best policy

1 extortion and blackmail (idiom)

1 brutal, greedy, arrogant and deceitful (idiom)

1 lit. you hoodwink me and I cheat you (idiom); fig. mutual deception

2 each tries to outwit the other

3 dog eats dog and devil take the hindmost