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swin·dle
(swĭn′dl)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.
[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 swintilōn, frequentative of swintan, to disappear.]
swin′dler n.
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swindle
(ˈswɪndəl)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
[C18: back formation from German Schwindler, from schwindeln, from Old High German swintilōn, frequentative of swintan to disappear]
ˈswindler n
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swin•dle
(ˈswɪn dl)v. -dled, -dling,
n. v.t.
1. to cheat out of money or other assets.
2. to obtain by fraud or deceit.
v.i. 3. to defraud others; cheat.
n. 4. the act of swindling or a fraudulent transaction or scheme.
5. anything deceptive; a fraud.
[1775–85; back formation from swindler < German Schwindler cheat]
swin′dler, 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.
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swindle
Past participle: swindled
Gerund: swindling
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| Noun | 1. | swindle - the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme; "that book is a fraud" fraud - intentional deception resulting in injury to another person bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con game, confidence game, confidence trick, flimflam, 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, goldbrick, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, victimize short, short-change - cheat someone by not returning him enough 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) He swindled investors out of millions of pounds.
noun
1. 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.
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swindle
verbnoun
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Translations
غِش، خِداع، إحْتِياليَخْدَع، يَغُش
napálitpodvod
snydesvindelsvindle
huijatahuijaus
szélhámosság
svindlasvindla ásviksvindlsvindl, svik
詐欺詐欺する騙す
apgavimas
apkrāptkrāpšanapiekrāpt
ogoljufati
dolandırıcılıkdolandırmadolandırmak
swindle
[ˈswɪndl]Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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swindle
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
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
swindle
(ˈswindl) verb to cheat. That shopkeeper has swindled me!; He swindled me out of $4.
noun an act or example of swindling; a fraud. an insurance swindle; Our new car's a swindle – it's falling to pieces.
ˈswindler noun a person who swindles.
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