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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.verneukيَخْدَع، يَغُشизмамвамnapálitsnyde; svindlebetrügenεξαπατώestafar, timartüssamaگول زدنhuiputtaaescroquerלְרַמוֹתधोखा देनाprevariti, varatibecsapmenipusvindlaimbrogliareだます...을 속이다, ...을 사취(詐取)하다apgautiapkrāpt; piekrāptmenipuoplichtensvindle, lureoszukiwaćburlara escrocaобманывать; надуватьoklamaťogoljufatiprevaritilura, svindlaโกงdolandırmak騙取обманювати, ошукуватиدھوکا دیناlừa 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.verneukspulغِش، خِداع، إحْتِيالизмамаpodvodsvindelder Schwindelαπάτηestafa, timopettusكلاه برداريpetosescroquerieהוֹנָאָהधोखेबाजी, खराब वस्तुprijevara, varanjeszélhámosságpenipuansvindl, svikimbroglioペテン사취, 속임수apgavimas, apgavystėkrāpšanapenipuanzwendelsvindel(affære), lurerioszustwovigariceescrocherieмошенничество; надувательствоpodvodgoljufijapodvalasvindel, bedrägeriการต้มตุ๋นdolandırma, dolandırıcılık騙人(的東西)шахрайствоدھوکاsự lừa đảo骗人（的东西）

n ˈswindler

a person who swindles. verneukerغَشّاش، مُحْتال، مُخادِعизмамникpodvodníksvindlerder/die Schwindler(in)απατεώναςestafador, timadorpetisكلاه بردارhuijariescrocרַמַאיधोखाvaralica, prevarantszélhámospenipusvindlariimbroglioneペテン師사기꾼, 협잡꾼apgavikas, sukčiuskrāpnieks; blēdispenipuzwendelaarsvindleroszusttrapaceiroes­crocмошенник; жуликpodvodníkgoljufprevarantsvindlare, bedragareคนหลอกลวงdolandırıcı騙子шахрай, дурисвітدھوکا دینے والاkẻ lừa đảo骗子