Definition of swindle

noun (n)

• the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme (noun.act)

  Synonym: cheat, rig
  

  source: wordnet30
• The act or process of swindling; a cheat. (noun)

  source: webster1913

verb (v)

• deprive of by deceit (verb.social)

  Synonym: bunco, con, defraud, diddle, gip, goldbrick, gyp, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, victimize
  

  Example:
  He swindled me out of my inheritance.
  

  source: wordnet30
• To cheat defraud grossly, or with deliberate artifice; as, to swindle a man out of his property. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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