nnoun.acta swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless propertySynset:bunco game bunko bunko game con con game confidence game confidence trick flimflam hustle sting
Derivationally Related Form:conflim-flambunco
Hypernyms:cheat rig swindle
Inherited Hypernyms:buncoswindlefraudcrimeoffensetransgressionwrongdoingactivityacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:sting operation
Full Hyponyms:sting operation
vverb.socialdeprive of by deceit; Synset:con defraud diddle goldbrick hornswoggle mulct nobble rook scam short-change swindle victimize
Examples:- He swindled me out of my inheritance
- She defrauded the customers who trusted her
Derivationally Related Form:swindlescamconswindlerscammerbuncovictimizationdefrauder
Hypernyms:cheat chisel rip off
Inherited Hypernyms:victimizecheatvictimizewrongtreatinteractact
Direct Hyponyms:shortshort-change
Full Troponyms:short-change
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Somebody ---s somebody PP | They --- him of all his money (apply to: swindle, rook, defraud, mulct, diddle, con, bunco, nobble)