Synonyms: rook, Corvus frugilegus
Definition: common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of the American crow
Similar words: corvine bird
Definition: birds of the crow family
Definition: (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard
Similar words: chess piece, chessman
Definition: any of 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess
Synonyms: hornswoggle, goldbrick, gip, gyp, bunco, short-change, scam, rook, con, diddle, defraud, swindle, mulct, nobble, victimize
Definition: deprive of by deceit
Usage: He swindled me out of my inheritance; She defrauded the customers who trusted her; the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change
Similar words: rip off, cheat, chisel
Definition: deprive somebody of something by deceit
Usage: 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