cheat out of
Con someone's due
To cheat someone out of something is to deprive them of it through deception or dishonesty: He cheated his siblings out of their inheritance, She was cheated out of a promotion by office politics.
The phrase emphasizes both the wrongdoing and the loss suffered by the victim.
- defraudObtain through deceit
- bilkDefraud of payment
- swindleDeception for financial gain
- take for a rideCheat through deception
- trickeryDeliberate deception or fraud
hustle · dispossession · deceive · rip off · rip someone off · rob blind · scam · run a con · flimflam · expropriation · exploit · entrapment · shake down · gaslighting · bamboozle · pull the wool over · embezzlement · con