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Verb: hornswoggle  'horn,swó-gul
Usage: N. Amer, informal
  1. Deprive of by deceit
    "He hornswoggled me out of my inheritance";
    - swindle, rook, goldbrick [N. Amer, informal], diddle [informal], bunco [N. Amer, informal], defraud, scam [informal], mulct, short-change, con [informal], ream [N. Amer, informal], grift [N. Amer, informal], bunko [N. Amer, informal], fleece [informal]

Derived forms: hornswoggled, hornswoggling, hornswoggles

Type of: cheat, chisel [informal], rip off [informal]

Encyclopedia: Hornswoggle