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beat around bush(verb, expression, idiom, shift, swindle)
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beat around the bush(verb, expression, idiom, shift, frustrate)
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caboodle(verb, swindle, jiving, misguide, sandbag)
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circuitousness(noun, indirectness, circumlocution, periphrasis, roundaboutness)
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circumambages(noun, roundabout, indirectness, wordiness, circumlocution)
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jive(verb, shift, escape, lie, shuffle)
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bend the rules(verb, expression, idiom, jiving, misguide)
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bunco(verb, swindle, jiving, misguide, sandbag)
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cheat(verb, fool, swindle, stiff, jiving)
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chicane(verb, shift, jiving, misguide, hedge)
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chill to the bone(verb, expression, idiom, swindle, scarify)
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chilled to the bone(verb, expression, idiom, swindle, scarify)
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chouse(verb, jiving, misguide, sandbag, misdirected)
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circumlocution(noun, speech)
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cribbing(verb, swindle, jiving, misguide, sandbag)
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curdle the blood(verb, expression, idiom, swindle, scarify)
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default(verb, swindle, scarify, shafting, scammed)
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defraud(verb, fool, swindle, stiff, jiving)
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deprive(verb, swindle, scarify, shafting, scammed)
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disburb(verb, swindle, scarify, shafting, scammed)
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