A cheat, swindle. Obsolete.

A person that discovers or seeks out fools; a person or thing that reveals someone to be a fool; spec. a scam or scammer.

slang. A trick, swindle, sham, ‘sell’.

An act of using deception, trickery, etc., to obtain or take something, esp. money; an instance of swindling someone; a fraudulent transaction or…

An act or instance of this; a fraudulent transaction or scheme, or (more generally) a lie or trick; = swindle, n.3 1.

slang. A fraud, a swindle; an imposture. Obsolete.

An act of swindling or extortion. clean shave (figurative of sense 1): a complete swindle. Cf. shave, v. 7.

North American. A piece of dishonesty or fraud on a large scale; a corrupt or fraudulent transaction in politics.

In various slang uses. A swindle. Originally U.S.

A swindle, a deception.

A swindle, a fraudulent action; spec. †the action of stealing something by violence or sudden snatching; a person who commits such a crime (obsolete).

A counterfeit ring; hence, a swindle (involving counterfeit goods); a ‘fiddle’, ‘racket’.

Australian and New Zealand slang. An act of deception; a swindle. Cf. sense A. 3. Now rare.

figurative. The manipulation of a balance sheet or portfolio by a company, organization, or financial institution so as to give a false impression…

Originally U.S. A swindle, a con; an instance of unfairness or deception. Cf. gyp, v.

Fraudulent activity; esp. misappropriation or embezzlement of public funds. Also: an instance of this; a swindle, a scam.

One posted or stationed on either flank. A trick, a swindle. slang (originally Military).

An instance of short-changing; a person who does not give the correct amount of change.

an act of deception or trickery; = have, n. 3; cf. to have on 1 at phrasal verbs.

A swindle; a nuisance. Also as int. (see quot. 1959).

A trick, a ruse; a swindle, a racket. Also attributive.

An act of stealing, a theft; (hence) a fraud, a swindle; (more generally) any instance of esp. financial exploitation.

U.S. slang. = rip-off, n. 1. Cf. rip, v.1 7d.