gyp

1. a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property

    Synonym: bunco bunco game bunko bunko game con confidence trick confidence game con game hustle sting flimflam

1. deprive of by deceit

    e.g. He swindled me out of my inheritance
           She defrauded the customers who trusted her
           the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change

    Synonym: victimize swindle rook goldbrick nobble diddle bunco defraud scam mulct gip hornswoggle short-change con