swindle

Betekenis (Engels)

Verb

1. To defraud.
2. To obtain (money or property) by fraudulent or deceitful methods.
3. for a player in a losing position to play a clever move that provokes an error from the opponent, thus achieving a win or a draw

Noun

1. An instance of swindling.
2. Anything that is deceptively not what it appears to be.
3. An instance wherein a player in a losing position plays a clever move that provokes an error from the opponent, thus achieving a win or a draw.

Sinonieme

cheat

deceive

defraud

trick

fraud

con

dupe

gyp

hoax

hoodwink

deception

fleece

embezzle

bilk

bamboozle

trickery

rook

fool

cheating

scam

diddle

deceit

gull

bunco

lie

mislead

bluff

do

victimize

rip off

dupery

spoof

nobble

outsmart

embezzlement

chisel

humbug

sham

double-cross

corrupt

rig

gip

screw

cozen

hornswoggle

misappropriate

delude

delusion

knavery

cheat out of

mulct

outwit

distort

peculate

pervert

swindling

imposture

take in

swindler

thimblerig

goldbrick

sting

steal

gouge

graft

twist

chouse

short-change

circumvent

fast-talk

hocus-pocus

chicanery

fake

imposition

take

beguile

chisel out

decieve

defraudation

double cross

pull a fast one

shanghai

take-in

the filth

The fuzz

cheat someone

trick someone

welsh

hokey-pokey

humbuggery

rascaldom

have-on

skin-game

numbers game

beguile into

beguile out of

cheat into

con into

con out of

swizz

behave like a charlatan

sell a bill of goods

jiggery pokery

give false information

abduct

cony-catch

befool

beguilement

betray

bird

🐦

blackmail

charlatanism

circumvention

clip

cod

confidence trick

corruption

cover

cozenage

craft

cunning

deceiving

decoy

defrauder

deke

dishonest

dishonesty

do over

duff

earn

exploit

exploitation

extortioner

fallacy

fiddle

finagle

gammon

guile

hanky-panky

have

impose

impose upon

jockey

joke

🤣

juggle

kidnap

lure

pack

packaging

perpetrate

pilfer

pinch

ploy

pup

quack

racket

rascality

rogue

roguery

scheme

seduce

sell

shark

🦈

sharp practice

shave

shortchange

skulduggery

spiel

stir

thieve

trap

🪤

treachery

tricks

turn around

wangle

welch

whip

wrap

wrapping

wrap up

bunko

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈswɪnd(ə)l/

Etimologie (Engels)

Verwante met Duits: schwindeln

Verwante met Deens: svindel

Verwante met Nederlands: zwindelen

Verwante met Jiddisj: שווינדל

Verwante met Nederduits: swinneln

Verwante met Middle English: swinden

In summary

Back-formation from swindler, from German Schwindler, from German schwindeln, from Middle High German swindeln, swindelen, from Old High German swintiln, 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”).