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weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous
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weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat
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someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
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the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme; “that book is a fraud”
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a deception for profit to yourself
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verb
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deprive somebody of something by deceit; “The con-man beat me out of $50”; “This salesman ripped us off!”; “we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme”; “They chiseled me out of my money”
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defeat someone through trickery or deceit
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engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud; “Who’s chiseling on the side?”
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be sexually unfaithful to one’s partner in marriage; “She cheats on her husband”; “Might her husband be wandering?”
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