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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024swin•dle /ˈswɪndəl/USA pronunciation v., -dled, -dling, n. v. [~ + object (+ out of + object)] - to cheat (someone) out of money or other valuable things:They swindled us (out of thousands of dollars).
- to obtain by cheating or dishonest practices:He swindled enough money (out of us) to fly to South America.
n. [countable] - the act of swindling;
a scheme involving swindling. - anything that involves cheating.
swin•dler, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024swin•dle (swin′dl),USA pronunciation v., -dled, -dling, n. v.t. - to cheat (a person, business, etc.) out of money or other assets.
- to obtain by fraud or deceit.
v.i. - to put forward plausible schemes or use unscrupulous trickery to defraud others;
cheat.
n. - an act of swindling or a fraudulent transaction or scheme.
- anything deceptive;
a fraud:This advertisement is a real swindle.
- German Schwindler irresponsible person, promoter of wildcat schemes, cheat, derivative of schwindeln to be dizzy (hence dizzy-minded, irresponsible), defraud, equivalent. to schwind- (akin to Old English swindan to languish) + -(e)l- -le + -er -er1
- back formation from swindler 1775–85
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged cozen, dupe, trick, gull.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: swindle /ˈswɪndəl/ vb - to cheat (someone) of money, etc; defraud
- (transitive) to obtain (money, etc) by fraud
n - a fraudulent scheme or transaction
Etymology: 18th Century: back formation from German Schwindler, from schwindeln, from Old High German swintilōn, frequentative of swintan to disappearˈswindler n |