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swindle
swin·dle S0945900 (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.swindle (ˈswɪndəl) vb1. (Law) to cheat (someone) of money, etc; defraud2. (Law) (tr) to obtain (money, etc) by fraudn (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 nswin•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. 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.
swindle
Past participle: swindled
Gerund: swindling
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| I swindle | | you swindle | | he/she/it swindles | | we swindle | | you swindle | | they swindle |
| Preterite |
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| I swindled | | you swindled | | he/she/it swindled | | we swindled | | you swindled | | they swindled |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am swindling | | you are swindling | | he/she/it is swindling | | we are swindling | | you are swindling | | they are swindling |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have swindled | | you have swindled | | he/she/it has swindled | | we have swindled | | you have swindled | | they have swindled |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was swindling | | you were swindling | | he/she/it was swindling | | we were swindling | | you were swindling | | they were swindling |
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| I had swindled | | you had swindled | | he/she/it had swindled | | we had swindled | | you had swindled | | they had swindled |
| Future |
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| I will swindle | | you will swindle | | he/she/it will swindle | | we will swindle | | you will swindle | | they will swindle |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have swindled | | you will have swindled | | he/she/it will have swindled | | we will have swindled | | you will have swindled | | they will have swindled |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be swindling | | you will be swindling | | he/she/it will be swindling | | we will be swindling | | you will be swindling | | they will be swindling |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been swindling | | you have been swindling | | he/she/it has been swindling | | we have been swindling | | you have been swindling | | they have been swindling |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been swindling | | you will have been swindling | | he/she/it will have been swindling | | we will have been swindling | | you will have been swindling | | they will have been swindling |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been swindling | | you had been swindling | | he/she/it had been swindling | | we had been swindling | | you had been swindling | | they had been swindling |
| Conditional |
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| I would swindle | | you would swindle | | he/she/it would swindle | | we would swindle | | you would swindle | | they would swindle |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have swindled | | you would have swindled | | he/she/it would have swindled | | we would have swindled | | you would have swindled | | they would have swindled |
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | swindle - the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme; "that book is a fraud"cheat, rigcozenage, scam - a fraudulent business schemefraud - intentional deception resulting in injury to another personbunco, 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 propertypyramiding - 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 inflatedholdout - the act of hiding playing cards in a gambling game so they are available for personal use laterswiz - British slang for a swindleshell 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, victimizeshort, short-change - cheat someone by not returning him enough moneycheat, 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" |
swindleverb1. 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.noun1. 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.swindleverbTo get money or something else from by deceitful trickery:bilk, cheat, cozen, defraud, gull, mulct, rook, victimize.Informal: chisel, flimflam, take, trim.Slang: diddle, do, gyp, stick, sting.nounAn act of cheating:cheat, fraud, victimization.Informal: flimflam.Slang: gyp.Translationsswindle (ˈswindl) verb to cheat. That shopkeeper has swindled me!; He swindled me out of $4. 騙取 骗取 noun an act or example of swindling; a fraud. an insurance swindle; Our new car's a swindle – it's falling to pieces. 騙人(的東西) 骗人（的东西） ˈswindler noun a person who swindles. 騙子 骗子swindle
swindle (one) out of (something)To steal something from someone through deceptive or fraudulent means. That snake in the grass swindled me out of nearly $5,000! I'm sure that we can find a way to swindle the old lady out of diamonds.See also: of, out, swindleswindle sheetslang The expense account of a business or its employee. The boss said to put all our costs on the swindle sheet while we're in Detroit. Do you care to explain this charge for $350 you listed on your swindle sheet last quarter?See also: sheet, swindleswindle someone out of something and swindle something out of someoneto cheat someone out of something. The crooks tried to swindle her out of her inheritance. The crooks swindled $3,000 out of the old woman.See also: of, out, swindleswindle sheet n. an expense account record sheet or book. I turned in my swindle sheet yesterday, and no one challenged the $400 for new shoes. See also: sheet, swindleswindle
swindle a fraudulent scheme or transaction swindle
Related to swindle: fraudulencyswindlev. to cheat through trick, device, false statements or other fraudulent methods with the intent to acquire money or property from another to which the swindler is not entitled. Swindling is a crime as one form of theft. (See: fraud, theft) FinancialSeeSwindlerswindle
Related to swindle: fraudulencySynonyms for swindleverb cheatSynonyms- cheat
- do
- con
- skin
- trick
- stiff
- sting
- rip (someone) off
- deceive
- fleece
- defraud
- dupe
- overcharge
- rook
- bamboozle
- diddle
- take (someone) for a ride
- put one over on (someone)
- pull a fast one (on someone)
- bilk (of)
- take to the cleaners
- sell a pup (to)
- cozen
- hornswoggle
noun fraudSynonyms- fraud
- fiddle
- rip-off
- racket
- scam
- sting
- deception
- imposition
- deceit
- trickery
- double-dealing
- con trick
- sharp practice
- swizzle
- knavery
- swizz
- roguery
Synonyms for swindleverb to get money or something else from by deceitful trickerySynonyms- bilk
- cheat
- cozen
- defraud
- gull
- mulct
- rook
- victimize
- chisel
- flimflam
- take
- trim
- diddle
- do
- gyp
- stick
- sting
noun an act of cheatingSynonyms- cheat
- fraud
- victimization
- flimflam
- gyp
Synonyms for swindlenoun the act of swindling by some fraudulent schemeSynonymsRelated Words- cozenage
- scam
- fraud
- bunco
- bunco game
- bunko
- bunko game
- con game
- confidence game
- confidence trick
- flimflam
- gyp
- hustle
- con
- sting
- pyramiding
- holdout
- swiz
- shell game
- thimblerig
verb deprive of by deceitSynonyms- bunco
- con
- defraud
- diddle
- gip
- goldbrick
- gyp
- hornswoggle
- mulct
- nobble
- rook
- scam
- short-change
- victimize
Related Words- short
- short-change
- cheat
- rip off
- chisel
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