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Swindle

ˈswɪndl

Swindle definitions

verb

Inflections:

swindle swindled swindles swindling

use deception to deprive (someone) of money or possessions

"a businessman swindled investors out of millions of pounds"
- obtain (money) fraudulently
  
  "he was said to have swindled £62.5 million from the state-owned cement industry"

noun

Inflections:

swindle swindles

a fraudulent scheme or action

"he is mixed up in a £10 million insurance swindle"

Synonyms:
fraud trick deception deceit trickery chicanery exploitation cheat imposture sham sharp practice artifice