swindle
swindle
nounDefinition of SWINDLE
1
a scheme in which the victim is cheated out of his money after first gaining his trust <a swindle that involved selling a lot of land that really didn't exist>an instance of the use of dishonest methods to acquire something of value <identity theft has become one of the most frequent and feared swindles of our time>
Synonyms bunco (or bunko), con, fiddle [chiefly British], flimflam, gyp, hustle, scam, shell game, sting, swindle
Related Words cross, fix; Ponzi scheme, pyramid scheme; racket, rip-off; thimblerig, three-card monte; device, dodge, gimmick, jig, ploy, scheme, sleight, stratagem, trick, wile; gouging, overcharging, soaking; counterfeit, fake, forgery, hoax, humbug, phony (also phoney), sham
2
an instance of the use of dishonest methods to acquire something of value <identity theft has become one of the most frequent and feared swindles of our time>
Synonyms bunco (or bunko), con, fiddle [chiefly British], flimflam, gyp, hustle, scam, shell game, sting, swindle
Related Words cross, fix; Ponzi scheme, pyramid scheme; racket, rip-off; thimblerig, three-card monte; device, dodge, gimmick, jig, ploy, scheme, sleight, stratagem, trick, wile; gouging, overcharging, soaking; counterfeit, fake, forgery, hoax, humbug, phony (also phoney), sham
