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Noun hustle has 2 senses

bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, confidence trick, confidence game, con game, gyp, hustle, sting, flimflam - a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
--₁ is a kind of swindle, cheat, rig
--₁ has particulars: sting operation
bustle, hustle, flurry, ado, fuss, stir - a rapid bustling commotion
--₂ is a kind of commotion, din, ruction, ruckus, rumpus, tumult

Derived form: verb hustle₂

Verb hustle has 3 senses

hustle - cause to move furtively and hurriedly; "The secret service agents hustled the speaker out of the amphitheater"
--₁ is one way to move, displace
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
bustle, bustle about, hustle - move or cause to move energetically or busily; "The cheerleaders bustled about excitingly before their performance"
--₂ is one way to move

Derived form: noun hustle₂
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
hustle, pluck, roll - sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity
--₃ is one way to steal

Derived forms: noun hustler₁, noun hustler₂
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something from somebody