詐

to cheat / to swindle / to pretend / to feign / to draw sb out / to try to extract information by deceit or bluff

at first / suddenly / abruptly / to spread / (of hair) to stand on end / bristling

words / speech / to say / to talk

to rip off / to extort (money) / extortion / blackmail

to cheat

crafty / cunning / deceitful

extortion and blackmail (idiom)

treachery / devious / a rogue

to extort under false pretenses / to blackmail / to bluff / to defraud

to swindle / to defraud

lit. you hoodwink me and I cheat you (idiom) / fig. each tries to outwit the other / deceit and treachery

to deceive and swindle across the board (idiom)

phishing

tricky and hypocritical

to claim ownership (of stolen goods)

deceiver

there can never be too much deception in war / in war nothing is too deceitful / all's fair in war

deceitful / crafty / artful

the unvarnished truth is better than a cunning ruse (idiom) / honesty is the best policy

extortion

brutal, greedy, arrogant and deceitful (idiom)

deceitful

to be linked to fraudulent activity