swindle
swindle definition
swin·dle (swin′dəl)
transitive verb swindled -·dled, swindling -·dling
- to get money or property from (another) under false pretenses; cheat; defraud
- 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.
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