To cheat or deceive (someone).
To evade work or shirk responsibility.
To renege (“break one's commitment to follow suit when capable”).
To achieve or obtain (something) by complicated or deceitful methods; to finagle, to wangle.
To fail to keep a promise; to renege.
To swindle or defraud someone.
To punish someone unjustly.
To make someone a victim or sacrifice.