hustle

Noun
  1. A swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property (synset 100780744)
    is a type of: cheat, rig, swindle - the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
    subtypes: sting operation - a complicated confidence game planned and executed with great care (especially an operation implemented by undercover agents to apprehend criminals)
    same as: bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, con game, confidence game, confidence trick, flimflam, sting
  2. A rapid active commotion (synset 100556175)
    is a type of: commotion, din, ruckus, ruction, rumpus, tumult - the act of making a noisy disturbance
    same as: ado, bustle, flurry, fuss, stir
Verb
  1. Cause to move furtively and hurriedly (synset 202100590)
    "The secret service agents hustled the speaker out of the amphitheater"
    is a type of: displace, move - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
  2. Move or cause to move energetically or busily (synset 202062115)
    "The cheerleaders bustled about excitingly before their performance"
    entail: belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hasten, hie, hotfoot, pelt along, race, rush, rush along, speed, step on it - move hurridly
    is a type of: move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion
    same as: bustle, bustle about
  3. Sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity (synset 202327592)
    is a type of: rip, rip off, steal - take without the owner's consent
    same as: pluck, roll
  4. Get by trying hard (synset 202215278)
    "she hustled a free lunch from the waiter"
    is a type of: have, receive - get something; come into possession of
  5. Pressure or urge someone into an action (synset 200769064)
    is a type of: persuade - cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm

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