swindling

Variant of swindle

transitive verb swindled, swindling

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

Origin: back-form. < swindler

intransitive verb

to engage in swindling others

noun

an act of swindling; trick; cheat; fraud
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