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Thimblerig

A sleight-of-hand trick played with three small cups, shaped like thimbles, and a small ball or little pea.

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Cheat 76% connected

An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception; a fraud; a trick; imposition; imposture.

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Fraud 76% connected

Deception deliberately practiced with a view to gaining an unlawful or unfair advantage; artifice by which the right or interest of another is injure…

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Rig 76% connected

A ridge.

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Swindle 76% connected

To cheat defraud grossly, or with deliberate artifice; as, to swindle a man out of his property.

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Bail noun · 78% connection

(criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial; "the judge set ba…

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Bail bond noun · 78% connection

(criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial; "the judge set ba…

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Bond noun · 78% connection

(criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial; "the judge set ba…

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Charge noun · 78% connection

(criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense; "he was arrested on a charge of larceny"

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Complaint noun · 78% connection

(criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense; "he was arrested on a charge of larceny"

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Condemnation noun · 78% connection

(criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed; "the conviction came as no surprise"

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Conviction noun · 78% connection

(criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed; "the conviction came as no surprise"

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Crime noun · 78% connection

(criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes"

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Criminal offence noun · 78% connection

(criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes"

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Criminal offense noun · 78% connection

(criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes"

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Insanity plea noun · 78% connection

(criminal law) a plea in which the defendant claims innocence due to mental incompetence at the time

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Judgment of conviction noun · 78% connection

(criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed; "the conviction came as no surprise"

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Law-breaking noun · 78% connection

(criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes"

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Partial verdict noun · 78% connection

(criminal law) a finding that the defendant is guilty of some charges but innocent of others

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Plea bargain noun · 78% connection

(criminal law) a negotiation in which the defendant agrees to enter a plea of guilty to a lesser charge and the prosecutor agrees to d…

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Plea bargaining noun · 78% connection

(criminal law) a negotiation in which the defendant agrees to enter a plea of guilty to a lesser charge and the prosecutor agrees to d…

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Plea of insanity noun · 78% connection

(criminal law) a plea in which the defendant claims innocence due to mental incompetence at the time

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Principal noun · 78% connection

(criminal law) any person involved in a criminal offense, regardless of whether the person profits from such involvement

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Act verb · 78% connection

play a role or part; "Gielgud played Hamlet"; "She wants to act Lady Macbeth, but she is too young for the role"; "She played the serv…

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Bagatelle noun · 78% connection

A game played on an oblong board, having, at one end, cups or arches into or through which balls are to be driven by a rod held in the…

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Ball noun · 78% connection

Any solid spherical, cylindrical, or conical projectile of lead or iron, to be discharged from a firearm; as, a cannon ball; a rifle b…

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Billiards noun · 78% connection

A game played with ivory balls o a cloth-covered, rectangular table, bounded by elastic cushions. The player seeks to impel his ball w…

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Clue noun · 78% connection

A loop and thimbles at the corner of a sail.

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Conjurer noun · 78% connection

One who practices magic arts; one who pretends to act by the aid super natural power; also, one who performs feats of legerdemain or s…

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Cupbearer noun · 78% connection

One whose office it is to fill and hand the cups at an entertainment.

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Cupboard noun · 78% connection

A small closet in a room, with shelves to receive cups, dishes, food, etc.; hence, any small closet.

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Domino noun · 78% connection

A game played by two or more persons, with twenty-eight pieces of wood, bone, or ivory, of a flat, oblong shape, plain at the back, bu…

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Golf noun · 78% connection

A game played with a small ball and a bat or club crooked at the lower end. He who drives the ball into each of a series of small hole…

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Gourd noun · 78% connection

A fleshy, three-celled, many-seeded fruit, as the melon, pumpkin, cucumber, etc., of the order Cucurbitaceae; and especially the bottl…

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Guitar noun · 78% connection

A stringed instrument of music resembling the lute or the violin, but larger, and having six strings, three of silk covered with silve…

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Hazard noun · 78% connection

Holing a ball, whether the object ball (winning hazard) or the player's ball (losing hazard).

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Hendiadys noun · 78% connection

A figure in which the idea is expressed by two nouns connected by and, instead of by a noun and limiting adjective; as, we drink from…

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Interlude noun · 78% connection

A short piece of instrumental music played between the parts of a song or cantata, or the acts of a drama; especially, in church music…

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