swindle

Middle High German, from Old High German swintiln, frequentative of the verb swintan; compare Modern German schwindeln, Danish svindel and svindle, Dutch zwindelen and zwendelen, Low German swinneln, Middle English swind.

• IPA^(key): /ˈswɪnd(ə)l/
• Rhymes: -ɪndəl

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

1. (transitive) To defraud.

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

2. (transitive, intransitive) To obtain money or property by fraudulent or deceitful methods.

   She swindled more than £200 out of me.

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

swindle (plural swindles)

1. An instance of swindling.
2. Anything that is deceptively not what it appears to be.

• See also Thesaurus:deception
• scheme
• swizz (informal, mainly British)

• Windles, wildens, windles