Analysis Complete

swindle

/ swindle /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
"that book is a fraud"
Type of:
fraud
Kinds of:
scam cozenage bunco bunco game bunko
Derived:
rig manipulate set up cheat chouse
verb Sense 2
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"
Type of:
cheat rip off chisel
Kinds of:
short-change short
Derived:
bunco bunco game bunko bunko game con
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE
Semantic Complexity
33%
Sense Count
2
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
21
Times Searched
2
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fraud scam cozenage bunco bunco game bunko cheat rip off chisel short-change short