swindle
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Middle High German, from Old High German swintiln, frequentative of the verb swintan, compare Modern German schwindeln.
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swindle (third-person singular simple present swindles, present participle swindling, simple past and past participle swindled)
- (transitive) to defraud (someone)
- The two men swindled the company out of $160,000.
- (intransitive) to obtain money or property by fraudulent or deceitful methods
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- (to be swindled): be sold a pup (idiomatic, British, Australian)
- (to defraud): swizz (informal, mainly British)
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to defraud someone
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to obtain money or property by fraudulent or deceitful methods
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[edit] Noun
swindle (plural swindles)
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an instance of swindling