swindle

Значение (Английский)

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

cheat

deceive

chisel out

decieve

defraudation

double cross

pull a fast one

shanghai

take-in

the filth

The fuzz

cheat someone

trick someone

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

cony-catch

impose upon

Частота

Произносится как (IPA)

/ˈswɪnd(ə)l/

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”).