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swindle

('sw/I/nd/-/l )

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)

Example:
He swindled me out of my inheritance.

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

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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