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swin·dle  (swndl)

v. swin·dled, swin·dling, swin·dles

v.tr.

1. To cheat or defraud of money or property.

2. To obtain by fraudulent means: swindled money from the company.

v.intr.

To practice fraud as a means of obtaining money or property.

n.

The act or an instance of swindling.

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[Back-formation from swindler, one who swindles, from German Schwindler, giddy person, cheat, from schwindeln, to be dizzy, swindle, from Middle High German, from Old High German swintiln, frequentative of swintan, to disappear.]

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swindler n.

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swindle [ˈswɪnd^əl]

vb

1. (Law) to cheat (someone) of money, etc.; defraud

2. (Law) (tr) to obtain (money, etc.) by fraud

n

(Law) a fraudulent scheme or transaction

[back formation from German Schwindler, from schwindeln, from Old High German swintilōn, frequentative of swintan to disappear]

swindler  n

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swindle

• confidence trick - First a swindle in which the victim was persuaded to entrust money or valuables to the swindler.
• swindler, swindle - Swindler and swindle are from German Schwindler, "promoter of wild schemes; cheat."
• chizz - To chizz someone is to cheat or swindle them.
• honeyfugle, honeyfuggle - To honeyfugle or honeyfuggle is to dupe, deceive, or swindle.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	swindle - the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme; "that book is a fraud" cheat, rig cozenage, scam - a fraudulent business scheme fraud - intentional deception resulting in injury to another person bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con game, confidence game, confidence trick, flimflam, gyp, hustle, con, sting - a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property pyramiding - a fraudulent business practice involving some form of pyramid scheme e.g., the chain of distribution is artificially expanded by an excessive number of distributors selling to other distributors at progressively higher wholesale prices until retail prices are unnecessarily inflated holdout - the act of hiding playing cards in a gambling game so they are available for personal use later swiz - British slang for a swindle shell game, thimblerig - a swindling sleight-of-hand game; victim guesses which of three things a pellet is under
Verb	1.	swindle - 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" bunco, con, defraud, diddle, gip, goldbrick, gyp, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, victimize short, short-change - cheat someone by not returning him enough money cheat, rip off, chisel - deprive somebody of something by deceit; "The con-man beat me out of $50"; "This salesman ripped us off!"; "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"; "They chiseled me out of my money"

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swindle

verb

cheat, do (slang), con, skin (slang), trick, stiff (slang), sting (informal), rip (someone) off (slang), deceive, fleece, defraud, dupe, overcharge, rook (slang), bamboozle (informal), diddle (informal), take (someone) for a ride (informal), put one over on (someone) (informal), pull a fast one (on someone) (informal), bilk (of), take to the cleaners (informal), sell a pup (to) (slang), cozen, hornswoggle (slang) He swindled investors out of millions of pounds.

noun

fraud, fiddle (Brit. informal), rip-off (slang), racket, scam (slang), sting (informal), deception, imposition, deceit, trickery, double-dealing, con trick (informal), sharp practice, swizzle (Brit. informal), knavery, swizz (Brit. informal), roguery He fled to Switzerland rather than face trial for a tax swindle.

Translations

swindle [ˈswɪndl]

A. N → estafa f, timo m
it's a swindle! → ¡nos han estafado or timado!

B. VT → estafar, timar
to swindle sb out of sth → estafar algo a algn, quitar algo a algn estafándolo

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swindle [ˈswɪnd^əl]

n → escroquerie f

vt → escroquer
to swindle sb out of sth → escroquer qch à qn
I'm sure they swindled you out of that money → Je suis sûr qu'ils vous ont escroqué cet argent.

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swindle

n → Schwindel m, → Betrug m; it’s a swindle! → das ist (der reinste) Schwindel!

vt person → beschwindeln, betrügen; to swindle somebody out of something (= take from) → jdm etw abschwindeln or abgaunern (inf); (= withhold from) → jdn um etw beschwindeln or betrügen

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swindle [ˈswɪndl]

1. n → truffa

2. vt → imbrogliare, truffare
to swindle sb out of sth → estorcere qc a qn con l'inganno

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swindle

v swindle [ˈswindl]

to cheat That shopkeeper has swindled me!; He swindled me out of $4. verneuk يَخْدَع، يَغُش измамвам napálit snyde; svindle betrügen εξαπατώ estafar, timar tüssama گول زدن huiputtaa escroquer לְרַמוֹת धोखा देना prevariti, varati becsap menipu svindla imbrogliare だます 편취하다 apgauti apkrāpt; piekrāpt menipu oplichten svindle, lure oszukiwać burlar a escroca обманывать; надувать oklamať ogoljufati prevariti lura, svindla โกง dolandırmak 騙取 обманювати, ошукувати دھوکا دینا lừa dảo, bịp bợm 骗取

n

an act or example of swindling; a fraud an insurance swindle; Our new car's a swindle – it's falling to pieces. verneukspul غِش، خِداع، إحْتِيال измама podvod svindel der Schwindel απάτη estafa, timo pettus كلاه برداري petos escroquerie הוֹנָאָה धोखेबाजी, खराब वस्तु prijevara, varanje szélhámosság penipuan svindl, svik imbroglio ペテン 편취, 사기 apgavimas, apgavystė krāpšana penipuan zwendel svindel(affære), lureri oszustwo vigarice escrocherie мошенничество; надувательство podvod goljufija podvala svindel, bedrägeri การต้มตุ๋น dolandırma, dolandırıcılık 騙人(的東西) шахрайство دھوکا sự lừa đảo 骗人（的东西）

n swindler

a person who swindles. verneuker غَشّاش، مُحْتال، مُخادِع измамник podvodník svindler der/die Schwindler(in) απατεώνας estafador, timador petis كلاه بردار huijari escroc רַמַאי धोखा varalica, prevarant szélhámos penipu svindlari imbroglione ペテン師 사기꾼 apgavikas, sukčius krāpnieks; blēdis penipu zwendelaar svindler oszust trapaceiro es­croc мошенник; жулик podvodník goljuf prevarant svindlare, bedragare คนหลอกลวง dolandırıcı 騙子 шахрай, дурисвіт دھوکا دینے والا kẻ lừa đảo 骗子