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Showing words for SWINDLING using the English dictionary

9 Letter Words for Swindling

swindling, windlings

8 Letter Words for Swindling

wildings, windings, windling

7 Letter Words for Swindling

dwining, inswing, inwinds, lignins, linings, nidings, sidling, sinding, sliding, wilding, wilning, winding, windlin

6 Letter Words for Swindling

dining, idling, indign, inwind, isling, lignin, lining, linins, niding, siding, siling, sining, wiling, wining, wising

5 Letter Words for Swindling

dilis, dings, disli, gilds, ignis, indin, linds, lings, linin, linns, sigil, sling, swing, wilds, wilis, winds, wings, winns

4 Letter Words for Swindling

digs, ding, dins, gids, gild, gils, ginn, gins, glid, glis, indn, inns, isdn, iwis, lids, ligs, liin, lind, ling, linn, lins, lndg, nidi, nids, nils, nisi, sidi, sign, sild, sind, sing, slid, snig, swig, wigs, wild, wili, wind, wing, winn, wins

3 Letter Words for Swindling

dig, dil, din, dis, gds, gid, gin, gis, gld, gns, ids, ign, ind, ing, inn, ins, isl, isn, ldg, lid, lig, lin, lis, lsd, nid, nig, nil, nis, nnw, sgd, sig, sil, sin, sld, wid, wig, win, wis

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

Words nearby Swindling

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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