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English noun: swindle | |||
| 1. | swindle (act) the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme | ||
| Samples | That book is a fraud. | ||
| Synonyms | cheat, rig | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | fraud | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, con game, confidence game, confidence trick, cozenage, flimflam, gyp, holdout, hustle, pyramiding, scam, shell game, sting, swiz, thimblerig | ||
English verb: swindle | |||
| 1. | swindle (social) deprive of by deceit | ||
| Samples | He swindled me out of my inheritance. She defrauded the customers who trusted her. The cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change. | ||
| Examples | They swindle him of all his money | ||
| Synonyms | bunco, con, defraud, diddle, gip, goldbrick, gyp, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, victimize | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Somebody ----s somebody PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cheat, chisel, rip off | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | short, short-change | ||
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