1. cheated or swindled someone out of money or possessions
Usage: informal

Examples

• The tourists were rooked by the street vendor who sold them fake jewelry.
• He felt rooked after paying twice the normal price for the concert tickets.
• The elderly woman was rooked out of her life savings by a phone scammer.
• Don’t get rooked by that mechanic – get a second opinion first.
• They rooked him into buying an overpriced insurance policy.
• She realized she’d been rooked when she found the same item for half the price online.