to defraud, swindle, or cheat; to gain something by deception

the act of deception or swindling; a scam

to extort money or property through intimidation, threats, or abuse of power; to blackmail or rip someone off

to extort and blackmail; to use one's power or someone else's secrets to force them to hand over money or property

The crime of fraud; obtaining property or money through deception

deceitful and cunning

crafty; treacherous; deceitful and cunning

To extort money or property from someone under false pretenses or by using an excuse; to defraud

each tries to hoodwink or cheat the other; a state of mutual deceit and treachery

person who commits fraud or scams; swindler

crafty; treacherous; tricky; sly

to commit fraud; deception; dupery; same as [[诈骗|詐騙|zha4 pian4]]

to feign or fake death; same as [[装死|裝死|zhuang1 si3]]

The use or threat of nuclear weapons to intimidate, coerce, or blackmail an opponent

to obtain something by cheating or swindling; to defraud

nothing is too deceitful in war; deceptive tactics are used without hesitation to achieve victory in battle

to pretend to surrender or give up

sinister and deceitful; treacherous and crafty

to bluff; to bluster; to intimidate others through deception or threats

(In law) fraudulent means or deceptive methods used to cheat people; schemes or artifice

clever and deceitful; tricky; treacherous

a person who cheats, deceives, or defrauds others

To cheat or defraud someone of their money or property; to obtain money by deception

to pretend to be sick in order to avoid work or duty; malinger

deceitful and artful; tricky or conniving

the crime of fraud or swindling; a legal term for obtaining property or illegal benefits through deception

deceitful schemes or craftiness used to outmaneuver others

hypocritical and crafty; tricky and deceitful; dishonest in words or actions

(idiom) each side trying to outwit the other; to deceive and suspect one another; same as [[尔虞我诈|爾虞我詐|er3 yu2 wo3 zha4]]

to falsely claim ownership of something, such as stolen goods

(idiom) a clever ruse is not as good as simple honesty; the unvarnished truth is better than a cunning lie

to act dishonestly; to swindle or cheat others by practicing deception; to resort to fraud; used in literary contexts

knavish; crafty; sly and treacherous

(literary) to extort and defraud; to blackmail and swindle

to employ trickery or deceitful tactics

to obtain money or property through intimidation, threats, and deceit; to blackmail

crime of extortion; blackmail

brutal, greedy, arrogant, and deceitful

the crime of swindling or fraud

To be linked to or involved in fraudulent activity; related to fraud cases.

to cheat or defraud people using all sorts of tricks (in this idiom, [[狂|狂|kuang2]] is a phonetic loan for [[诓|誆|kuang1]]); to deceive and swindle across the board

telecommunications fraud; scam conducted over the phone or internet

wire fraud; short for [[电信诈骗|電信詐騙|dian4 xin4 zha4 pian4]]

deception or scams conducted over the internet, including phishing, identity theft, and other cybercrimes

to commit fraud; to engage in deceptive practices

to be fraudulent or counterfeit; deceptive and false

the folklore belief or phenomenon of a corpse suddenly moving or standing up before it is placed in a coffin

to clear up or become sunny briefly after a period of rain

to falsely claim or pretend to be something; to lie about one's identity or status