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Swindle

Swindle Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Swindle? [n] the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme; "that book is a fraud" [v] 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" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Swindle: bunco \| cheat \| con \| defraud \| diddle \| goldbrick \| gyp \| mulct \| nobble \| rig \| rook \| scam \| victimize Related Terms \| Find terms related to Swindle: See Also \| beat \| bunco \| bunco game \| bunko \| bunko game \| cheat \| chisel \| con \| con game \| confidence game \| confidence trick \| cozenage \| flimflam \| fraud \| gyp \| holdout \| hustle \| rip off \| scam \| shell game \| short \| short-change \| sting \| swiz \| thimblerig Swindle In Webster's Dictionary \Swin"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Swindled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Swindling}.] [See {Swindler}.] To cheat defraud grossly, or with deliberate artifice; as, to swindle a man out of his property. Lammote . . . has swindled one of them out of three hundred livres. --Carlyle. \Swin"dle\, n. The act or process of swindling; a cheat.

Swindle Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Swindle?

[n] the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme; "that book is a fraud"
[v] 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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Swindle In Webster's Dictionary

\Swin"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Swindled}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Swindling}.] [See {Swindler}.]
To cheat defraud grossly, or with deliberate artifice; as, to
swindle a man out of his property.

      Lammote . . . has swindled one of them out of three
      hundred livres.                          --Carlyle.


\Swin"dle\, n.
The act or process of swindling; a cheat.

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