Definition of swindle - WordReference.com Dictionary

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swindle
A	noun
	1	swindle, cheat, rig
			the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme; "that book is a fraud"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚activity ╚wrongdoing; wrongful conduct; misconduct; actus reus ╚transgression; evildoing ╚crime; law-breaking ╚fraud ╚swindle, cheat, rig ╚shell game; thimblerig ╚swiz ╚holdout ╚pyramiding ╚bunco; bunco game; bunko; bunko game; con; confidence trick; confidence game; con game; gyp; hustle; sting; flimflam ╚scam; cozenage
B	verb
	1	victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, con
			deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"
		Category Tree: act; move ╚interact ╚treat; handle; do by ╚wrong ╚victimize; victimise ╚cheat; rip off; chisel ╚victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, con ╚short-change; short

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