rooks

rooks

verb

To cheat or swindle someone, especially out of money or goods.

"He often rooks tourists with inflated prices."

noun

Large, black, intelligent birds of the crow family, often nesting in colonies.

"A flock of rooks circled above the old oak trees."

Thesaurus

Synonyms: castle, Corvus frugilegus, victimize, hornswoggle, short-change, defraud, nobble, con, goldbrick, diddle, swindle, scam