Noun

• S: (n) baloney, boloney, bilgewater, bosh, drool, humbug, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle (pretentious or silly talk or writing)
• S: (n) humbug, snake oil (communication (written or spoken) intended to deceive)
• S: (n) fraud, fraudulence, dupery, hoax, humbug, put-on (something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage)

Verb

• S: (v) humbug (trick or deceive)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (v) deceive, lead on, delude, cozen (be false to; be dishonest with)
• S: (v) betray, sell (deliver to an enemy by treachery) "Judas sold Jesus"; "The spy betrayed his country"
• S: (v) cheat, chisel (engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud) "Who's chiseling on the side?"
• S: (v) shill (act as a shill) "This man shilled and bid for an expensive carpet during the auction in order to drive the price up"
• S: (v) flim-flam, play a joke on, play tricks, trick, fob, fox, pull a fast one on, play a trick on (deceive somebody) "We tricked the teacher into thinking that class would be cancelled next week"
• S: (v) fool, gull, befool (make a fool or dupe of)
• S: (v) cheat on, cheat, cuckold, betray, wander (be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage) "She cheats on her husband"; "Might her husband be wandering?"
• S: (v) hoax, pull someone's leg, play a joke on (subject to a playful hoax or joke)
• S: (v) ensnare, entrap, frame, set up (take or catch as if in a snare or trap) "I was set up!"; "The innocent man was framed by the police"
• S: (v) humbug (trick or deceive)
• derivationally related form
• sentence frame