swindle
v.
defraud, cheat, deceive, con
n.
cheating, fraud, deception
Swindle
Swindle may refer to:A
confidence trick or
fraudIn
chess, a ruse by which a player in a losing position tricks his opponent, and thereby achieves a win or draw instead of the expected loss
Swindle, 2002 crime thriller film starring Tom Sizemore and Sherilyn FennA Transformers charactera family name
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swindle
Noun
1. the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme; "that book is a fraud"
(synonym) cheat, rig
(hypernym) fraud
(hyponym) scam, cozenage
(derivation) victimize, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, con
Verb
1. 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"
(synonym) victimize, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, con
(hypernym) cheat, rip off, chisel
(hyponym) short-change, short
(derivation) swindler, chiseller, chiseler, gouger, scammer, grifter, sharper, sharpie, sharpy
Swindle
(v. t.)
To cheat defraud grossly, or with deliberate artifice; as, to swindle a man out of his property.
(n.)
The act or process of swindling; a cheat.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
尔虞我诈
er3 yu2 wo3 zha4
You cheat, I swindle.
Originally meaning that neither party was trying to cheat. Nowadays speaking of mutual distrust with both parties playing tricks on each other. Alternative form: 尔诈我虞 (er3 zha1 wo3 yu2).