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Definitions for Swindling
[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 Swindling
swindlescam, hoax, deceit, racket, deception, extortion, rip-off, extort, fleece, hoodwink, bilk, gouge, dupe, overcharge, deceive, victimize, defraud, con, sell, imposition
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Origin of Swindling
e1775–85; 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 Swindling
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 Swindling
eC18: back formation from German Schwindler, from schwindeln, from Old High German swintilōn, frequentative of swintan to disappear
Synonyms for Swindling
bilk, con, deceive, defraud, dupe, extort, fleece, gouge, hoodwink, overcharge, victimize, bamboozle, beat, clip, cozen, diddle, do, flimflam, fool, frame, fudge, gull, pluck, rook, sandbag, scam, shaft, stiff, sting, sucker, trick, trim, pull a fast one, put one over on, rip off, run a game on, sell a bill of goods, set up, take for a ride, take to the cleaners