Synonyms:
swindle, cheat, rig
Meaning: the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme; "that book is a fraud"
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, con
Meaning: deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"
Usage examples
If he is determined to go let us go with him and prevent this swindle from coming off.'
But it is not the unique and novel swindle that is most dangerous, either to a bank or an individual.
You come up here all sanctified and vanoplied with respectability and a pleasing post office address to swindle him.