noun
1. a device to trick, deceive or cheat.
So you think you can get rich at Blackjack through some card counting jape?*
Synonyms: ambush, artifice, blind, bluff, casuistry, cheat, chicanery, circumvention, con, concealment, conspiracy, conundrum, cover, deception, decoy, delusion, device, disguise, distortion, dodge, double-dealing, duplicity, equivocation, evasion, fabrication, fake, falsehood, feint, forgery, fraud, game, gimmick, hoax, illusion, imposition, imposture, intrigue, invention, machination, maneuver, perjury, plot, ploy, pretense, ruse, snare, stratagem, subterfuge, swindle, trap, treachery, wile.
verb
1. to trick, deceive or cheat.
C'mon, Bro!?! Does this look like the face of someone who would jape at cards?
Synonyms: baffle, bamboozle, befuddle, bilk, con, confound, confuse, deceive, defraud, delude, dupe, flimflam, hoax, hoodwink, hornswoggle, mystify, perplex, puzzle, stump, swindle, trick.
*The answer is no. I do not think that. Card counting, though interesting, is a waste of time because most casinos do not use only a single deck, but a “shoe” with up to six decks active at any time. While card counting does increase a player’s chance for success, statistics indicate that most players working against a “shoe” or multiple decks only increases their rate of success by less than a single percentage point.
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