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swindle

UK/ˈswɪndəl/ US/ˈswɪndəl] ~ [ˈswɪndl̩/ uncommon
verb (1) noun (1)

verb

1.

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”
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noun

1.

the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme

  • “that book is a fraud”
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Origin

Back-formation from swindler, from German Schwindler, from German schwindeln, from Middle High German swindeln, swindelen, from Old High German swintilōn, frequentative of the verb swintan, from Proto-West Germanic *swindan (“to diminish”). See also Modern German schwindeln, Danish svindel and svindle, Dutch zwindelen and zwendelen, Yiddish שווינדל (shvindl), Low German swinneln, Middle English swinden (“to languish, waste away”).

Phrases

  • swindle sheet

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