swindle

Nouns

(n) the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
- that book is a fraud
cheat, rig,

Verbs

(v) 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
bunco, con, defraud, diddle, gip, goldbrick, gyp, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, victimize,

Synonyms

bunco con defraud diddle gip goldbrick gyp hornswoggle mulct nobble rook scam short-change victimize cheat rig

Words of close approximity

swindler