thimblerigging (0 synonym found)
Definition of thimblerigging:

(n) : A game of skill which requires the bettor to guess under which of three small cups (or thimbles) a pea-sized object has been placed after the party operating the game rapidly rearranges them, providing opportunity for sleight-of-hand trickery; a shell game.
(n) : One operating such a game.
(v) : (ambitransitive, figuratively) To cheat (someone) by trickery.
(v) : (intransitive) To cheat in the thimblerig game.
Definition of thimblerigging:

(n) : A game of skill which requires the bettor to guess under which of three small cups (or thimbles) a pea-sized object has been placed after the party operating the game rapidly rearranges them, providing opportunity for sleight-of-hand trickery; a shell game.
(n) : One operating such a game.
(v) : (ambitransitive, figuratively) To cheat (someone) by trickery.
(v) : (intransitive) To cheat in the thimblerig game.
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