DECEPTION

Dodgy, sketchy, double-tongued, shrewd, slick, cockamamie, double-dealing, cunning

Manipulate, bilk, delude, deceive, concoct, finagle, shafted, rigged, mislead, dupe, flatter, hoodoo, hoodwink, snow, hustle, gaslight, gyp, skimming, snooker, pull a fast one, flimflam, stinting, beguile, swindle, fleece, shortchange, coax

Hollow sham, facade, distract, deceit, gimmick, bunk, charlatan, setup, spell, spiel, plot, treachery, dissimulation, malarkey, shenanigans, disinformation, wiles, pitch, trick, scheme, falsehood, rigmarole, bunkum, nonsense, folly, fraud, sleight, duplicity, hoax, scam, tomfoolery, racket, trumpery, pretense, what's the catch, cock and bull story, hidden fees, rip-off, guile, poppy cock, dupery, vanities and lies, wiles, craftiness, trickery, monkey business, (the fine print, terms and conditions apply, fees may apply, limitations, certain restrictions may apply, exclusions apply, not valid on, minimum purchase of, no returns or exchanges, participating locations only)

Phony, cozener, deceiver, defrauder, fraudster, pretender, hypocrite, huckster, snake oil salesman, dissembler, scammer, shark, counterfeit, phoney, quack, ingrate, flim flammer, windbag, diddler, double-crosser, two-faced, windjammer, slickster, impostor, con, con artist, con man, shyster, grifter, crook, swindler, trickster, victimizer, moocher, faker, finagler, conniver, wangler, farce, cheat, wheeler-dealer