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Learn to pronounce swin·dle

/ˈswind(ə)l/
verb
use deception to deprive (someone) of money or possessions.
"a businessman swindled investors out of millions of dollars"

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cheat, cozen, defraud, swindle mean to get something by dishonesty or deception. cheat suggests using trickery that escapes observation.
to get money dishonestly from someone by deceiving or cheating them: They swindled local businesses out of thousands of dollars.
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To swindle is to cheat or steal. You can swindle money, goods, ideas, and anything else that can be stolen, but be careful, because someone can also swindle ...
to put forward plausible schemes or use unscrupulous trickery to defraud others; cheat. noun.
to get money dishonestly from someone by deceiving or cheating them: They swindled local businesses out of thousands of dollars.
Swindling occurs when a person defrauds another, causing the victim to suffer damage through unfaithfulness or abuse of confidence. Swindling can be committed ...
3 senses: 1. to cheat (someone) of money, etc; defraud 2. to obtain (money, etc) by fraud 3. a fraudulent scheme or transaction.
Synonyms for SWINDLE: scam, fraud, con, bunko, scheme, hoax, flimflam, sting, bunco, shell game.
v. to cheat through trick, device, false statements or other fraudulent methods with the intent to acquire money or property from another to which the swindler ...
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to take money or property from (someone) by using lies or tricks : cheat — usually + out of. He swindled elderly women out of their savings.
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