intentional deception resulting in injury to another person

defeat someone through trickery or deceit

a fraudulent business scheme

a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property

(sometimes offensive) an act of swindling or cheating

a fraudulent business practice involving some form of pyramid scheme e.g., the chain of distribution is artificially expanded by an excessive number of distributors selling to other distributors at progressively higher wholesale prices until retail prices are unnecessarily inflated

the act of hiding playing cards in a gambling game so they are available for personal use later