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1. Deprive of by deceit
   "He swindled me out of my inheritance"
   - victimize, rook, goldbrick [N. Amer], nobble [Brit], diddle, bunco [N. Amer], defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle [N. Amer], short-change, con, victimise [Brit], grift [N. Amer], ream [N. Amer]

1. The act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
   - cheat, rig

Derived forms: swindles, swindling, swindled

See also: swindler

Type of: cheat, chisel, fraud, rip off

Encyclopedia: Swindle