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• (bluff)- to mislead someone by presenting a bold, strong, or self-confident
front, ( , , ); Clair
thought Lord Byron’s boast that he would swim the Hellespont was just a
bluff;
• good-naturedly direct, blunt, or frank; heartily outspoken,(
); a big, bluff, generous man;
• presenting a bold and nearly perpendicular front, as a coastline,(
, ); At the top of the bluff was a long
pile of stones, from which grew bushes and occasional trees. — Wellspring of
Chaos;
• (hoodwink)- to deceive or trick, ( , / ,
, ); There has never been an opportunity for the
opposition to hoodwink the public on its way to power;
• (bamboozle)- to deceive or get the better of (someone) by trickery,
flattery, or the like; humbug; hoodwink, ( , , ,
, ); I am not here to be bamboozled, or to give you an
opportunity for exercising any ability you may possess in the art of lying. —
The Lost Ambassador The Search For The Missing Delora;
manage = wangle = finagle = fake = fudge = falsify = cook = rig = manipulate :
exploit
• (wangle)- to falsify or manipulate for dishonest ends, (
); Undoubtedly there's
been a great deal of extravagance, but you may be able to wangle a
reasonable explanation. " — Bones in London;
• (finagle)- to trick, swindle, or cheat;
• (fudge)- to cheat or welsh;
• to avoid coming to grips with (a subject, issue, etc.); evade; dodge,
( / ); Good news is it can't be fiddled, fudged,
manipulated or fabricated;
• (cook)- to falsify, as accounts, ( , );
• (rig)- to manipulate fraudulently,( );
Somebody rigged the contest so no one got first prize;
• to put in proper order for working or use, ( );
• (manipulate)- to manage or influence skillfully, esp. in an unfair manner,
( ; ); Some use
the legends and stories of the past to share peace and love; others use it to