swindle
About 0.30 uses per million words.
Meaning
- verb To defraud.
The two men swindled the company out of $160,000.
- verb To obtain (money or property) by fraudulent or deceitful methods.
She swindled more than £200 out of me.
- verb For a player in a losing position to play a clever move that provokes an error from the opponent, thus achieving a win or a draw.
- noun An instance of swindling.
- noun Anything that is deceptively not what it appears to be.
- noun An instance wherein a player in a losing position plays a clever move that provokes an error from the opponent, thus achieving a win or a draw.
Similar words
gyp bunco defraud cheat nobble mulct con diddle rook scam
Often followed by
the and of in was him is that me
Word family
swindled swindler swindlers swindles swindling
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