swindle
(noun, verb)
noun
1. the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
Similar word(s): cheat, rig
Definition categories: act, fraud
verb
1. deprive of by deceit
- He swindled me out of my inheritance
Similar word(s): bunco, con, defraud, diddle, goldbrick, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, victimize
Definition categories: social, cheat, chisel
Sentences with swindle as a verb:
- The two men swindled the company out of $160,000.