Showing results for shady deal. Search instead for shady+deals.

shady deal

NOUN

cheat

Synonyms

STRONGEST

chicanery deception fraud scam swindle trick trickery

STRONG

artifice baloney bunco con cozening deceit dodge double-dealing fake flimflam frame hoax hoaxing humbug hustle imposture jazz jive plant put on racket ripoff sell sham spoof sting stunt whitewash

WEAK

bamboozlement bill of goods con game cover up dirty pool dirty trick fast one fast shuffle fix hanky-panky run around shell game snow job wrong

Antonyms

STRONGEST

honesty truthfulness

STRONG

frankness openness reality truth

NOUN

corruption

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bribery crime exploitation extortion fraud graft malfeasance nepotism

STRONG

crookedness demoralization jobbery misrepresentation payoff payola racket shadiness shuffle skimming squeeze unscrupulousness venality

WEAK

breach of trust bribing fiddling fraudulency on the take profiteering

Antonyms

WEAK

cleanliness cleanness decency goodness honesty honor kindness pureness purification purity sterility truthfulness wholesomeness

NOUN

grift

Synonyms

WEAK

cheating con game confidence game deceit dirty pool double-dealing extortion fix fraud racket ripoff scam shell game stealing sting trickery

NOUN

scam

Synonyms

STRONGEST

blackmail deceit deception extortion fraud hoax racket ripoff shakedown sham

STRONG

cheating con double-dealing flimflam hosing hustle sting

WEAK

con game crooked deal dirty pool double cross fast one shell game snow job sucker game

NOUN

swindle

Synonyms

STRONGEST

deceit deception extortion hoax racket ripoff scam

STRONG

blackmail cheat con double-dealing fake frame-up fraud hustle imposition imposture knavery sell shakedown sham sting trick trickery

WEAK

crooked deal dirty pool double cross fast one fast shuffle sharp practice shell game

Antonyms

STRONGEST

frankness honesty openness truth truthfulness uprightness

STRONG

forthrightness

WEAK

benevolence donation gift

NOUN

victimization

Synonyms

STRONGEST

deception

STRONG

artifice baloney bunco chicanery con deceit dodge double-dealing fake fix flimflam fraud hoax humbug hustle imposture jazz jive put on racket ripoff scam sham spoof sting stunt swindle trickery whitewash

WEAK

bamboozlement bill of goods con game cozening dirty pool dirty trick fast one fast shuffle hanky-panky hoaxing run around shell game snow job

Antonyms

STRONG

forthrightness frankness honesty

NOUN

villainousness

Synonyms

STRONG

bestiality bribery crime crookedness demoralization depravity exploitation extortion fraud graft immorality jobbery malfeasance misrepresentation nepotism payoff payola perversion racket shadiness shuffle skimming squeeze turpitude unscrupulousness venality vice villainy wickedness

WEAK

breach of trust bribing fiddling flagitiousness fraudulency on the take profiteering

Antonyms

STRONG

justice virtue

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

But he suggested he would use those talents for their benefit, and they got on board with that shady deal.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2023

It is possible, of course, that this timing was just coincidence and not a shady deal.

From The Guardian • May 29, 2018

Chuck is at the same time looking into pursuing his own shady deal by bankrolling his lawyer’s investment in a company called Ice Juice.

From New York Times • Apr. 16, 2017

David Mabey and ex-colleague Richard Forsyth deny any wrongdoing A businessman has been accused of making a corrupt payment to Saddam Hussein's regime for a "shady deal".

From BBC • Jan. 18, 2011

A shady deal never appealed to me so much, either, but I’m not exactly bashful about this one.

From Once to Every Man by Fischer, Anton Otto

shady deal

Example Sentences

Related Words