swindle
41swindle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. defraud, hoax, cheat, fleece, victimize, trick, gyp (sl.). See stealing, deception. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. imposition, deception, knavery; see trick 1 . v. Syn. dupe, victimize, defraud, cheat;… …
42swindle — swin·dle || swɪndl n. cheating, fraud, deception v. defraud, cheat, deceive, con …
43swindle — verb use deception to deprive of money or possessions. ↘obtain fraudulently. noun a fraudulent scheme or action. Derivatives swindler noun Origin C18: back form. from swindler, from Ger. Schwindler, from schwindeln be giddy , also tell lies …
44swindle — I. v. a. Cheat, cozen, deceive, dupe, gull, trick, defraud, overreach, victimize, chouse, diddle, impose upon, practise upon, take in. II. n. Cheat, fraud, imposition, deception, chouse, piece of knavery …
45swindle — v 1. cheat, defraud, fleece, rook, Sl. clip, gull, Archaic. chouse; overcharge, Sl. soak, Inf. gyp, Sl. take [s.o.] to the cleaners, Sl. chisel, Sl. gaff, pluck, mulct; victimize, exploit, play on or upon, take advantage of, Inf. diddle, Inf. do …
46swindle — swin·dle …
47swindle — swin•dle [[t]ˈswɪn dl[/t]] v. dled, dling, n. 1) to cheat out of money or other assets 2) to obtain by fraud or deceit 3) to defraud others; cheat 4) the act of swindling or a fraudulent transaction or scheme 5) anything deceptive; a fraud •… …
48swindle — Āpuka …
49swindle — A scheme for cheating or defrauding …
50swindle — v. & n. v.tr. (often foll. by out of) 1 cheat (a person) of money, possessions, etc. (was swindled out of all his savings). 2 cheat a person of (money etc.) (swindled all his savings out of him). n. 1 an act of swindling. 2 a person or thing… …
