Meaning of swindle

swin•dle

1. to cheat (a person, business, etc.) out of money or other assets.
2. to obtain by fraud or deceit.

1. to put forward plausible schemes or use unscrupulous trickery to defraud others; cheat.

1. an act of swindling or a fraudulent transaction or scheme.
2. anything deceptive; a fraud: This advertisement is a real swindle.