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  • n  a genus of Accipitridae
  • n  a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
  • v  deprive of by deceit

  • Diana Lynn, as the boss of a female swing band, gyps him out of his heart and most of his fortune.
  • To the discomfort of airlines struggling with summertime hordes of travelers, some jet-age gyps have discovered that they can literally write their own tickets.
  • Many of these tax-supported agencies have been increasingly effective in guarding the public against television-repair gyps, cheating furniture dealers, heavy-thumbed butchers .

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