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(cribbage) The spoiling of someone's score in the crib.

(obsolete) A deception, a hoax.

(obsolete) A cheat or swindler.

To spoil the score of (someone) in cribbage.

To do someone out of their due; to deceive or defraud, to cheat (someone).

(UK) To steal fuel from a self-service filling station by driving away without paying after filling the fuel tank or other container; to commit a drive-off.

(archaic) To evade, elude.