swindle

English

Etymology

Middle High German, from Old High German swintiln, frequentative of the verb swintan, compare Modern German schwindeln.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈswɪndəl/
• Rhymes: -ɪndəl

Verb

swindle (third-person singular simple present swindles, present participle swindling, simple past and past participle swindled)

1. (transitive) to defraud (someone)

   The two men swindled the company out of $160,000.

2. (intransitive) to obtain money or property by fraudulent or deceitful methods

Synonyms

• (to be swindled): be sold a pup (idiomatic, British, Australian)
• (to defraud): swizz (informal, mainly British)

Translations

to defraud someone

Afrikaans: please add this translation if you can Arabic: غش (ar) (ğášša), جدع (ar) (jádaʕa) Chinese: Mandarin: 詐取 (cmn), 诈取 (cmn) (zhàqǔ), 騙取 (cmn), 骗取 (cmn) (piànqǔ), 騙局 (cmn), 骗局 (cmn) (piànjú) Dutch: oplichten (nl) Finnish: huijata (fi) French: escroquer (fr), entourlouper (fr) German: beschwindeln (de) Icelandic: svindla á (is) Indonesian: please add this translation if you can Japanese: 騙す (ja) (だます, damasu)

Javanese: please add this translation if you can Malay: please add this translation if you can Portuguese: trapacear (pt), fraudar (pt) Romanian: înșela (ro) Russian: обманывать (ru) (obmányvat’) impf., обмануть (ru) (obmanút’) pf., мошенничать (ru) (mošénničat') impf., жульничать (ru) (žúl'ničat') impf., (colloquial) надувать (ru) (naduvát’) impf., надуть (ru) (nadút’) pf. Spanish: petardear (es), estafar (es), timar (es) Thai: โกง (gohng), คดโกง (kót gohng) Turkish: dolandırmak (tr) Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

to obtain money or property by fraudulent or deceitful methods

Afrikaans: please add this translation if you can Arabic: غش (ar) (ğášša), جدع (ar) (jádaʕa) Chinese: Cantonese: 欺騙, 欺骗 (hei4 pin3) Mandarin: 欺騙 (zh), 欺骗 (zh) (qīpiàn) Dutch: frauderen (nl) Finnish: huijata (fi) French: entourlouper (fr) German: schwindeln (de) Icelandic: svindla (is)

Indonesian: please add this translation if you can Japanese: 詐欺する (ja) (sagi-suru) Javanese: please add this translation if you can Malay: please add this translation if you can Portuguese: trapacear (pt) Russian: обманывать (ru) (obmányvat’) impf., обмануть (ru) (obmanút’) pf. Spanish: petardear (es), trampear (es) Thai: โกง (gohng), คดโกง (kót gohng) Turkish: söğüşlemek (tr) Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

Noun

swindle (plural swindles)

1. an instance of swindling

Synonyms

• scheme, swizz (informal, mainly British)

Translations

an instance of swindling

Chinese: Mandarin: 欺詐 (zh) Czech: švindl (cs) m. Dutch: zwendel (nl) m. Finnish: huijaus (fi) French: escroquerie (fr) f., entourloupe (fr) German: Schwindel (de) m.

Icelandic: svindl (is) n., svik (is) n. Japanese: 詐欺 (ja) (sagi) Russian: обман (ru) (obmán) m., жульничество (ru) (žúl'ničestvo) n., мошенничество (ru) (mošénničestvo) n.

Anagrams

• windles