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swindle: Meaning and Definition of
swin•dle
Pronunciation: (swin'dl), [key] — v., n. -dled, -dling,
—v.t. - to cheat (a person, business, etc.) out of money or other assets.
- to obtain by fraud or deceit.
—v.i. - to put forward plausible schemes or use unscrupulous trickery to defraud others; cheat.
—n. - an act of swindling or a fraudulent transaction or scheme.
- anything deceptive; a fraud: This advertisement is a real swindle.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.