ペテンに掛かける

expression, ichidan verb

swindle; deceive; trick

Used for cheating someone out of money or property through a scheme; often implies a planned con rather than a simple lie.

See also: ペテン

• 彼かれは投とう資し話ばなしで高こう齢れい者しゃをペテンに掛かけた。

  He swindled elderly people with an investment scheme.

• あのセールスマンにペテンに掛かけられて、高たかい掃そう除じ機きを買かわされた。

  I was tricked by that salesman into buying an expensive vacuum cleaner.