swindle

Meanings

Verb

• To defraud.
• To obtain (money or property) by fraudulent or deceitful methods.

Noun

• An instance of swindling.
• Anything that is deceptively not what it appears to be.

Related

Similar words

• be sold a pup
• swizz
• scheme

Origin

• , from German Schwindler, from German schwindeln, from Middle High German swindeln, swindelen, from Old High German swintiln, frequentative of the verb swintan; compare Modern German schwindeln, Danish svindel and svindle, Dutch zwindelen and zwendelen, Yiddish שווינדל, Low German swinneln, Middle English swinden.