SWINDLE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster cheat, cozen, defraud, swindle mean to get something by dishonesty or deception cheat suggests using trickery that escapes observation
SWINDLE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary If someone swindles a person or an organization, they deceive them in order to get something valuable from them, especially money A City businessman swindled investors out of millions of pounds [V n + out of] An oil executive swindled £250,000 out of his firm [V n out of n] Swindle is also a noun
Swindle - definition of swindle by The Free Dictionary To cheat or defraud of money or property 2 To obtain by fraudulent means: swindled money from the company To practice fraud as a means of obtaining money or property n The act or an instance of swindling
swindle - WordReference. com Dictionary of English 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 a scheme involving swindling anything that involves cheating swin•dle (swin′ dl), v , -dled, -dling, n