deu: hereinlegen

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Meaning
means	(verb) conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end; "He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well" bamboozle, pull the wool over someone's eyes, hoodwink, play false, snow, lead by the nose
means	(verb) subject to a playful hoax or joke hoax, play a joke on, pull someone's leg
means	(verb) deprive somebody of something by deceit; "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" rip off, cheat, chisel
means	(verb) deprive of by deceit; "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" victimize, hornswoggle, rook, gip, swindle, con, goldbrick, scam, mulct, nobble, gyp, defraud, diddle, short-change, bunco