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swin·dle (swin′dəl)

transitive verb swindled -·dled, swindling -·dling

  1. to get money or property from (another) under false pretenses; cheat; defraud
  2. to get by false pretenses or fraud

Etymology: back-form. < swindler

intransitive verb

to engage in swindling others

noun

an act of swindling; trick; cheat; fraud

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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