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Showing words for SWINDLE using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Swindle

swindle, windles

6 Letter Words for Swindle

disnew, dwiles, dwines, eldins, indews, sindle, widens, wields, windel, windle

5 Letter Words for Swindle

deils, delis, dines, dwile, dwine, eilds, eldin, elsin, idles, indew, isled, lends, lenis, lewis, liens, linds, lined, lines, liwen, lweis, nelis, nides, sdein, sewin, sidle, sield, siled, silen, sined, sinew, slide, sline, snide, swile, swine, weids, weils, welds, wends, widen, wides, wield, wiels, wilds, wiled, wiles, winds, wined, wines, wised

4 Letter Words for Swindle

deil, deis, deli, dels, deni, dens, desi, dews, diel, dies, dine, dins, eild, elds, ends, ides, idle, inde, isdn, ised, isle, leds, leis, lend, lens, lewd, lids, lied, lien, lies, lind, line, lins, lwei, neds, news, nide, nids, nied, nies, nile, nils, seil, seld, send, sewn, side, sien, sild, sile, sind, sine, sled, slew, slid, sned, snew, weds, weid, weil, weld, weli, wels, wend, wens, wide, wied, wiel, wild, wile, wind, wine, wins, wise

3 Letter Words for Swindle

dei, del, den, des, dew, die, dil, din, dis, dle, eds, eld, eli, els, end, enl, ens, esd, ide, ids, ile, ind, ins, ise, isl, isn, led, lei, les, lew, lid, lie, lin, lis, lsd, ned, nei, new, nid, nie, nil, nis, sed, sei, sel, sen, sew, sie, sil, sin, sld, sle, wed, wen, wid, win, wis

Definitions for Swindle

[1] to cheat (a person, business, etc.) out of money or other assets.
[2] to obtain by fraud or deceit.
[3] to put forward plausible schemes or use unscrupulous trickery to defraud others; cheat.
[4] an act of swindling or a fraudulent transaction or scheme.
[5] anything deceptive; a fraud: This advertisement is a real swindle.
[6] to cheat (someone) of money, etc; defraud
[7] (tr) to obtain (money, etc) by fraud
[8] a fraudulent scheme or transaction

Words related to Swindle

scam, hoax, deceit, racket, deception, extortion, rip-off, extort, fleece, hoodwink, bilk, gouge, dupe, overcharge, deceive, victimize, defraud, con, sell, imposition

Words nearby Swindle

swimming pool granuloma, swimmingly, swimsuit, swimwear, swinburne, swindle, swindle sheet, swindled, swindon, swine, swine erysipelas

Origin of Swindle

1775–85; back formation from swindler < German Schwindler irresponsible person, promoter of wildcat schemes, cheat, derivative of schwindeln to be dizzy (hence dizzy-minded, irresponsible), defraud, equivalent to schwind- (akin to Old English swindan to languish) + -(e)l- -le + -er -er1

Other words from Swindle

swin·dle·a·ble , adjective
swin·dler , noun
swin·dling·ly , adverb
out·swin·dle , verb (used with object), out·swin·dled, out·swin·dling.

Word origin for Swindle

C18: back formation from German Schwindler, from schwindeln, from Old High German swintilōn, frequentative of swintan to disappear

Synonyms for Swindle

deceit, deception, extortion, hoax, racket, rip-off, scam, blackmail, cheat, con, double-dealing, fake, frame-up, fraud, hustle, imposition, imposture, knavery, sell, shakedown, sham, sting, trick, trickery, crooked deal, dirty pool, double cross, fast one, fast shuffle, shady deal, sharp practice, shell game