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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

Verb

[-dling, -dled]

1. to cheat (someone) out of money

2. to obtain (money) from someone by fraud

Noun

an instance of cheating someone out of money [German schwindeln]

swindler n

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 1. 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)

noun 2. 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, fastie Austral. (slang)

Translations

swindle [ˈswɪndl] n → estafa

vt → estafar

swindle [ˈswɪndl] n → escroquerie f

vt → escroquer

swindle [ˈswɪndl] n → Schwindel m, Betrug m

vt to swindle sb (out of sth) → jdn (um etw) betrügen or beschwindeln

swindle [ˈswɪndl] n → truffa

vt → truffare

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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 ...을 속이다, ...을 사취(詐取)하다 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 사취, 속임수 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 ˈswindler

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, 협잡꾼 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