swindle

Senso (Inglese)

Verb

1. (transitive) To defraud.
2. (ambitransitive) 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.

Concetti

truffare

truffa

inganno

imbroglio

ingannare

raggiro

frodare

frode

bidone

🥁

mariuoleria

fregare

bidonata

fregatura

imbrogliare

capogiro

fraudolento

fregata

garbuglio

impiombatura

inghippo

marioleria

minchionare

pastocchia

raggirare

scroccone

seduzione

buggerare

buggerata

buggeratura

inculata

turlupinatura

turlupinano

arrotolare

fare fesso

avvolgere

fottere

👉👌

inculare

ingannevole

insuccesso

rubare

trama

trappola

🪤

abbindolamento

artificio

avvolgimento

bidonare

defraudare

fiasco

sinonimi

cheat

deceive

defraud

trick

fraud

con

dupe

gyp

hoax

deception

hoodwink

fleece

bilk

embezzle

bamboozle

rook

fool

trickery

cheating

deceit

scam

diddle

bunco

gull

lie

mislead

victimize

do

bluff

rip off

misappropriate

cozen

dupery

corrupt

humbug

hornswoggle

sham

spoof

gip

screw

nobble

outsmart

rig

chisel

embezzlement

double-cross

chicanery

knavery

imposition

hocus-pocus

Traduzioni

betrügen

Schwindel

escroquerie

escroquer

Betrug

engañar

estafar

zwendelen

schwindeln

frauder

frauderen

estafa

tromper

knoeien

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈswɪnd(ə)l/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Affine tedesco: schwindeln

Affine danese: svindel

Affine olandese: zwindelen

Affine yiddish: שווינדל

Affine basso tedesco: swinneln

Affine inglese medio: swinden

In summary

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”).