Rooks

//ɹʊks//

Synonyms for "rooks" (150 found)

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Closest matches (30)

castle cheat con have swindle victimize beat beguile beguile of bilk bishop bleed bunco burn chessman chisel chouse

Noun(9 words)

castle bamboozler bouncer bullshitter bunco-steerer charlatan cheat cheater chiseler

Verb(4 words)

con swindle bunco cheat

Strong matches (45)

chouse out of clip cog cog the dice cozen crib defraud diddle do do in do out of dupe euchre finagle flam fleece flimflam fob fudge

Noun(22 words)

cogger con artist confidence trickster cony-catcher corvus frugilegus cozener crammer deceiver deceptor defrauder dissembler fabricator fabulist falser finagler fleecer fortress fraud fraudmeister fraudster

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gabber goldbrick

Verb(4 words)

defraud diddle do dupe

Related words (75)

Verb(9 words)

goldbrick have hornswoggle mulct nobble scam short-change trick victimize

gouge gull gyp hocus hocus-pocus hoodwink king knight magpie man milk mulct pack the deal pawn piece pigeon practice fraud upon prey queen ramp

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scam screw sell gold bricks shave shortchange stack the cards stick sting sweat swindler take a dive thimblerig throw a fight

Noun(33 words)

grifter guiler gull gyp humbug hypocrite landshark liar losenger mocker phony pickpenny pretender pseudologist scammer scamp scandaroon schemester shammer sharper

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slicker sneak spanish athlete spieler spiv swike swindler trapan treacher trepan trickster trucker wernard

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Sample sentences

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I checkmated my opponent by using my two rooks.

Source: tatoeba (1915796)

A great flight of rooks passed silently over their heads.

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In the game of chess, each army has a king, a queen, two bishops, two knights, two rooks, and eight pawns.

Source: tatoeba (9923049)

Bishops, knights, rooks and queens can also be captured and removed from the board.

Source: tatoeba (9926725)

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