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swindlesnounpl. of swindle 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 buncos(or bunkos), cons, fiddles(chiefly British), flimflams, frauds, gyps, hustles, scams, shell games, stings crosses, fixesPonzi schemes, pyramid schemesrackets, rip-offsthimblerigs, three-card montesdevices, dodges, gimmicks, jigs, ploys, schemes, sleights, stratagems, tricks, wilescounterfeits, fakes, forgeries, hoaxes, humbug, phonies(also phoneys), shams 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 beats, bilks, bleeds, cheats, chisels, chouses, cons, cozens, defrauds, diddles, does, does in, euchres, fiddles, fleeces, flimflams, gaffs, gyps, hoses(slang), hustles, mulcts, nobbles(British slang), plucks, reams, rips off, rooks, screws, shakes down, shortchanges, shorts, skins, skunks, squeezes, sticks, stiffs, stings, suckers, thimblerigs, victimizes extorts, wrenches, wrests, wringsclips, gouges, nicks, overcharges, soaksexploits, milksdeceives, dupes, fools, gulls, tricksropes (in)betrays, bitches, double-crossesbamboozles, fast-talks sells a bill of goods to, takes for a ride, takes to the cleaners |