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stingsnounpl. of sting an instance of the use of dishonest methods to acquire something of valuethe pawn shop operation turned out to be a sting by undercover police officers to catch the ring of burglars buncos(or bunkos), cons, fiddles(chiefly British), flimflams, frauds, gyps, hustles, scams, shell games, swindles crosses, fixesPonzi schemes, pyramid schemesrackets, rip-offsthimblerigs, three-card montesdevices, dodges, gimmicks, jigs, ploys, schemes, sleights, stratagems, tricks, wilescounterfeits, fakes, forgeries, hoaxes, humbug, phonies(also phoneys), shams a sharp unpleasant sensation usually felt in some specific part of the bodythe sting of cold air against my face aches, pains, pangs, pricks, shoots, smarts, stitches, throes, tingles, twinges discomforts, distressesafflictions, agonies, anguishes, miseries, sufferances, sufferings, torments, torturesinflammations, sores, swellingsdamages, detriments, harms, hurts, injuriesbackaches, bellyaches, charley horses, colics, complaints, earaches, gripes, headaches, stomachaches, toothaches comforts, eases to charge (someone) too much for goods or servicesa nightclub that's been stinging patrons for years to rob by the use of trickery or threatsswindlers who sting unwary tourists by posing as officials demanding money beats, bilks, bleeds, cheats, chisels, chouses, cons, cozens, defrauds, diddles, does, does in, euchres, fiddles, fleeces, flimflams, gaffs, gyps, hoses(slang), hustles, mulcts, nobbles(British slang), plucks, reams, rips off, rooks, screws, shakes down, shortchanges, shorts, skins, skunks, squeezes, sticks, stiffs, suckers, swindles, thimblerigs, victimizes extorts, wrenches, wrests, wringsclips, gouges, nicks, overcharges, soaksexploits, milksdeceives, dupes, fools, gulls, tricksropes (in)betrays, bitches, double-crossesbamboozles, fast-talks sells a bill of goods to, takes for a ride, takes to the cleaners |