S: (n) Uriah ((Old Testament) the husband of Bathsheba and a soldier who was sent to die in battle so that king David could marry his wife (circa 10th century BC))
S: (n) Allen, Ethan Allen (a soldier of the American Revolution whose troops helped capture Fort Ticonderoga from the British (1738-1789))
S: (n) Borgia, Cesare Borgia (Italian cardinal and military leader; model for Machiavelli's prince (1475-1507))
S: (n) Cyrano de Bergerac, Savinien Cyrano de Bergerac (a French soldier and dramatist remembered chiefly for fighting many duels (often over the size of his nose); was immortalized in 1897 in a play by Edmond Rostand (1619-1655))
S: (n) Mohammed Ali, Mehemet Ali, Muhammad Ali (Albanian soldier in the service of Turkey who was made viceroy of Egypt and took control away from the Ottoman Empire and established Egypt as a modern state (1769-1849))
S: (n) Morgan, Daniel Morgan (soldier in the American Revolution who defeated the British in the battle of Cowpens, South Carolina (1736-1802))
S: (v) cheat, rip off, chisel (deprive somebody of something by deceit) "The con-man beat me out of $50"; "This salesman ripped us off!"; "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"; "They chiseled me out of my money"
S: (v) gazump (raise the price of something after agreeing on a lower price)
S: (v) cozen (cheat or trick) "He cozened the money out of the old man"