Reverse Dictionary: IMPOSE

ADJECTIVES
► BLAIT stupid, easily imposed on → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► EASY easily taken advantage of or imposed upon; gullible ..1698
► IMPONENT that imposes → a1882
► IMPOSABLE capable of being imposed upon or cheated; gullible, dupable → a1734
► LAME easily imposed upon; stupid; inept; ineffectual; incompetent; unaware; inexperienced → 1935 US sl., esp. Black usage
► PUT-UPON that has been put upon or taken advantage of; imposed upon → 1866
► TANDIDDLED imposed upon; bewildered; cheated → 1876 Eng. dial.
► TARRADIDDLED imposed upon, as by lies; puzzled; bewildered → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)

NOUNS
► BAM a story intended to impose upon the credulous; a hoax or imposition; a trick, a joke → 1762 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► BITE an imposition, a deception; what is now called a ‘sell’; passing from the notion of playful imposition or hoax, to that of swindle or fraud → 1711 sl. obs.
► HUMBUG a hoax; a jesting or befooling trick; an imposition → 1750 obs.
► IMPOSAL the act of imposing; imposition → 1641 obs.
► IMPOSEMENT the act of imposing; imposition → 1664
► IMPOSURY imposition → 1892 Ireland
► ON-LIG a burden, a heavy imposition or responsibility → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► PUT-UPON a being put upon; an imposition → 1889

NOUNS – PERSON
► BANTERER one who imposes on, or bamboozles → 1709 arch.
► BAWKEN a simple, unsuspecting person; one easily imposed upon → 1924 Sc.
► BOT a habitual borrower or cadger; a scrounger; a person who frequently imposes on others → 1916 Aust. & NZ sl.
► CULLY a person who is cheated or imposed upon, as by a sharper, strumpet etc.; a dupe, a gull; one who is easily deceived or take in → 1664 colloq.
► FOUR-FLUSHER someone who imposes on others by bluffing → 1904 US sl.
► GAGGEE one who is imposed on by another; a gullible person → 1819
► GAGGER a person who imposes on another → 1825
► GAUVEY a fool, a simpleton, a dunce; a half-witted person; a vacant-minded person, one that is easily imposed upon → 1796 Eng. dial.
► GAUVISON an awkward, gaping fellow; a fool, a simpleton, a silly, staring fellow, a blockhead; a dunce; on easily imposed upon → 1788 Eng. dial.
► GECK a fool, a simpleton, a dunce; a stupid, clumsy fellow; one who is befooled or derided, one easily imposed on, a dupe → c1530 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► GREENHORN a raw, inexperienced person, esp. a novice in a trade; an ignoramus; hence, one easily imposed upon, a simpleton → 1682
► JUG a simpleton; one easily imposed upon → 1914 sl.
► LAIN ► LANE a person easily imposed upon or cheated; a victim; also, one who is foolish or socially unsophisticated → 1933 US sl., esp. Black & criminals’ usage
► LOBSTER a man easily imposed on → 1926 US sl. (Bk.)
► MOOCH a slow-witted person; one who is easily cheated, deceived, imposed upon, or swindled; a gullible or naive person; a dupe, a sucker → 1910 colloq.
► QUANDONG a person who deceives, exploits, or imposes on others → 1939 Aust. sl.
► SART-AND-FAIR a foolish, weak person; one easily imposed upon → 1777 Eng. dial.
► SART-POLL a foolish, weak person; one easily imposed upon; a good-for-nothing fellow → 1867 Eng dial.
► SAUCHEN-TOUP a simpleton; one who is easily imposed on → 1825 Sc.
► SAUSAGE a person easily imposed upon; an ineffectual person → 1896 US students’ sl.
► SCONE a weak-willed, irresolute person; one who is easily imposed on, a softie → 1969 Sc.
► SILLY OLD SAUSAGE ► SILLY SAUSAGE an ineffectual, easily imposed-upon person → L19 sl.
► ZATENFARE a foolish, weak person; one easily imposed upon → 1777 Eng. dial.

PHRASES
► ON THE BLUDGE imposing on others → 1981 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► WILL YOU TAKE EGGS FOR MONEY? will you allow yourself to be imposed upon? → 1633

VERBS
► BALAHACK ► BALLYHACK to impose upon → 1930s US sl.
► BAM to hoax, to practice on the credulity of; to deceive, to delude, to impose upon, to play a joke or trick on a person→ 1738 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► BANTER to impose upon a person, orig, in jest; to delude, to cheat, to trick, to bamboozle → a1688 arch.
► BEGAB to fool with words, to mock, to deceive, to delude; to impose upon → 1297 obs.
► BEGULL to gull, to impose upon → 1605 obs.
► BLUDGE to shirk responsibility or hard work; to impose on; to cadge or scrounge → 1919 sl.
► BOLLYHOCK to impose on → 1952 Amer. dial.
► BRONZE to impose upon, to cheat → 1817 sl. obs.
► BUDDY-FUCK to impose on, betray or otherwise inconvenience a friend → 1960s US sl., mainly military usage
► CANT to deceive by pious pretenses; to impose upon → 1877 Eng. dial.
► COME HALF LARKS WITH SOMEONE to impose on someone’s credulity → 1923 Brit. sl.
► COME THE OLD SOLDIER to wheedle; to impose on someone → 1818 UK sl., orig. military usage
► COZEN to deceive, to dupe, to impose upon → 1583
► DEADBEAT to waste time; to idle about; to take advantage of, to impose on → 1881 Amer. dial.
► FUB to cheat, to impose upon, to put off deceitfully → 1600
► GAGGER to deceive, to take in or impose upon a person → L18 sl.
► GAS to deceive or impose upon by talking ‘gas’ or nonsense → 1847 US sl.
► HORSE AROUND to impose on contemptuously → 1938 US sl.
► HUMBUG to trick and make a jest of; to impose upon, to hoax, to delude → 1750
► ILLUDE to trick, to impose upon, to deceive with false hopes → 1447
► IMPONE to impose upon → 1640 obs.
► JIG to cheat; to delude; to impose upon → 1876 sl.
► MOMMOCK ► MUMMICK to harass, to tease, to annoy, to torment, to impose on → 1946 Amer. dial.
► PALM to play a trick, to cheat; to impose upon a person → 1686 obs.
► PECK ON to take advantage of; to impose on; to bully → 1899 Amer. dial.
► PLAY ONE A PAGEANT to play him a trick; to impose upon or deceive him → 1530 obs.
► POLE ► POLE ON to take advantage of someone; to impose or sponge on; to shirk, to do less than one’s share → 1906 Aust. & NZ sl.
► PUT ON A CRUMB ACT to impose on another person → 1950s Aust. sl.
► QUEER to impose on, to swindle, to cheat → 1797 sl.
► RATCH ► RETCH to stretch, to extend; to exaggerate, to lie; to impose upon → 1819 Eng. dial.
► TAKE IN to deceive, to cheat, to trick, to impose upon, to hoax → 1740 colloq.
► TOP to practice trickery; to impose upon → 1664 obs.
► VERSE to impose upon; to cozen, to cheat, to defraud → 1591 cant obs.
► WALK HEAVY to impose oneself on the world, to walk about in a deliberately self-assured manner → 1960s African-American sl.