swindle

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
- that book is a fraud
• Syn:
cheat, rig
• Derivationally related forms:
rig (for: rig), cheat (for: cheat)
• Hypernyms:
fraud
• Hyponyms:
scam, cozenage, bunco, bunco game, bunko,
bunko game, con, confidence trick, confidence game, con game, gyp,
hustle, sting, flimflam, pyramiding, holdout, swiz,
shell game, thimblerig

II - verb

deprive of by deceit (Freq. 2)
- 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
• Syn:
victimize, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle,
bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip,
hornswoggle, short-change, con
• Derivationally related forms:
con (for: con), gyp (for: gyp), scammer (for: scam), scam (for: scam), defrauder (for: defraud), bunco (for: bunco), swindler, victimization (for: victimize)
• Hypernyms:
cheat, rip off, chisel
• Hyponyms:
short-change, short
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s somebody PP
- They swindle him of all his money

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  cheat, rig