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)
• Esperanto: trompi (eo)
• 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
• Jèrriais: rouôler, frauduler
• Malay: tipu (ms)
• Portuguese: trapacear (pt), fraudar (pt)
• Quechua: ch'achuy (qu)
• 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 (cmn), 欺骗 (cmn) (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: tipu (ms)
• 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 (cmn)

• 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)
• Malay: penipuan (ms)
• Russian: обман (ru) (obmán) m, жульничество (ru) (žúl'ničestvo) n, мошенничество (ru) (mošénničestvo) n

Anagrams

• windles