swindleverb [ T ]
uk/ˈswɪn.dəl/us/ˈswɪn.dəl/to get money dishonestly from someone by deceiving or cheating them:
They swindled local businesses out of thousands of dollars.
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Fraud & corruption
- baksheesh
- blackmail
- buy sb off
- cook
- cook the books idiom
- corrupt
- corruption
- fraudulent accounting
- front for sth
- game-fixing
- get at sb
- graft
- impersonate
- imposture
- perjury
- Ponzi scheme
- rort
- shell
- siphon sth off
- suborn
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Cheating & tricking
swindle
noun [ C ] ukus
Fraud squad officers are investigating a £5.6 million swindle.
swindler
noun [ C ] uk/ˈswɪn.dəl.ər/us/ˈswɪn.dəl.ɚ/