Synonyms of playing (upon)

playing (upon)

verb

present participle of play (upon)

as in exploiting

to control or take advantage of by artful, unfair, or insidious means

played upon the customer's vanity to convince her to buy the expensive makeup kit

Synonyms & Similar Words

• exploiting
• manipulating
• deceiving
• taking in
• engineering
• maneuvering
• kidding
• jockeying
• plotting
• tricking
• intriguing
• deluding
• devising
• fooling
• scheming
• duping
• snowing
• bluffing
• hoodwinking
• defrauding
• masterminding
• chiselling
• beguiling
• arranging
• swindling
• hoaxing
• gulling
• finagling
• chiseling
• fleecing
• cozening
• conning
• cheating
• finessing
• contriving
• shanghaiing
• hustling
• machinating