Swindle
WordNet

noun


(1)   The act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
"That book is a fraud"

verb


(2)   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"
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Etymology


The origin is and , frequentative of , compare with German .

Verb



  1. to defraud (someone)
    The two men swindled the company out of $160,000
  2. to obtain money or property by fraudulent or deceitful methods
 
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