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   Swin·dle

   /ˈswind(ə)l/

   

   verb

   • 1. use deception to deprive (someone) of money or possessions: "a businessman swindled investors out of millions of dollars"
   • ▪ obtain (money) fraudulently: "he was said to have swindled $62.5 million from the pension fund"

   noun

   • 1. a fraudulent scheme or action: "he is mixed up in a $10 million insurance swindle"

   Word Origin late 18th century: back-formation from swindler, from German Schwindler ‘extravagant maker of schemes, swindler’, from schwindeln ‘be giddy’, also ‘tell lies’.

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