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swindlenoun an instance of the use of dishonest methods to acquire something of valueidentity theft has become one of the most frequent and feared swindles of our time bunco(or bunko), con, fiddle(chiefly British), flimflam, fraud, gyp, hustle, scam, shell game, sting cross, fixPonzi scheme, pyramid schemeracket, rip-offthimblerig, three-card montedevice, dodge, gimmick, jig, ploy, scheme, sleight, stratagem, trick, wilegouging, overcharging, soakingcounterfeit, fake, forgery, hoax, humbug, phony(also phoney), sham to rob by the use of trickery or threatshundreds of people were swindled out of their savings, and all they had to show for it were fake land deeds beat, bilk, bleed, cheat, chisel, chouse, con, cozen, defraud, diddle, do, do in, euchre, fiddle, fleece, flimflam, gaff, gyp, hose(slang), hustle, mulct, nobble(British slang), pluck, ream, rip off, rook, screw, shake down, short, shortchange, skin, skunk, squeeze, stick, stiff, sting, sucker, thimblerig, victimize extort, wrench, wrest, wringclip, gouge, nick, overcharge, soakexploit, milkdeceive, dupe, fool, gull, trickrope (in)betray, bitch, double-crossbamboozle, fast-talk sell a bill of goods to, take for a ride, take to the cleaners v.cheat, cozen, defraud, swindle mean to get something by dishonesty or deception.cheat suggests using trickery that escapes observation.cheated me out of a dollar cozen implies artful persuading or flattering to attain a thing or a purpose.always able to cozen her grandfather out of a few dollars defraud stresses depriving one of his or her rights and usually connotes deliberate perversion of the truth.defrauded of her inheritance by an unscrupulous lawyer swindle implies large-scale cheating by misrepresentation or abuse of confidence.swindled of their savings by con artists in 1773 |