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Swindle Common

Swindle has 5 different meanings across 3 categories:

Noun · Verb · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme

"that book is a fraud"

2

An instance of swindling.

Verb
1

deprive of by deceit

"He swindled me out of my inheritance"

"She defrauded the customers who trusted her"

2

To defraud.

Proper Noun
1

A surname​.

Example Sentences
"that book is a fraud" noun
"He swindled me out of my inheritance" verb
"She defrauded the customers who trusted her" verb
See Also
swindler do flimflam grift mulct bunco dupe fake
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
fraud cheat
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
scam bunco gyp pyramiding holdout swiz shell game short-change
Rhyming Words
dle adle idle fdle codle oodle ladle padle bodle sidle addle waddle huddle biddle riddle feddle widdle muddle weddle nuddle
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