Swindle definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary SWIN'DLE, v.t. To ... cheat and defraud grossly, or with deliberate artifice; as, to swindle a man out of his property. WordNet (r) 3.0 ... by some fraudulent scheme; "that book is a fraud" [syn: swindle, cheat, rig] v 1: deprive of by deceit; "He swindled ... me when he gave me too little change" [syn: victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip ... schemes, swindler, f. schwindeln be dizzy Webster's 1913 Dictionary Swindle Swin"dle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Swindled; p. pr ... To cheat defraud grossly, or with deliberate artifice; as, to swindle a man out of his property. Lammote . . . has swindled ...
... by some fraudulent scheme; "that book is a fraud" [syn: swindle, cheat, rig] 5: a deception for profit to yourself [syn ... cheating toward second base > • cheater noun Synonyms: cheat, cozen, defraud, swindle mean to get something by dishonesty or deception. cheat suggests ... the truth < defrauded of her inheritance by an unscrupulous lawyer >. swindle implies large-scale cheating by misrepresentation or abuse of confidence ... To deceive and defraud; to impose upon; to trick; to swindle. I am subject to a tyrant, a sorcerer, that by ... trick; cozen; gull; chouse; fool; outwit; circumvent; beguile; mislead; dupe; swindle; defraud; overreach; delude; hoodwink; deceive; bamboozle. Webster's 1913 Dictionary ... common law. --Wharton. Syn: Deception; imposture; fraud; delusion; artifice; trick; swindle; deceit; guile; finesse; stratagem. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Cheat ...
... a list of dos and don'ts > 5. British cheat, swindle 6. hairdo III. noun Etymology: Italian Date: circa 1754 the ... sl. a rob (they did a shop in Soho). b swindle (I was done at the market). 21 tr. sl. prosecute ... an elaborate event, party, or operation. 2 Brit. sl. a swindle or hoax. Phrases and idioms: be done with see DONE ... do credit to see CREDIT. do down colloq. 1 cheat, swindle. 2 get the better of; overcome. do for 1 be ... a person out of colloq. unjustly deprive a person of; swindle out of (he was done out of his holiday). do ... a great deal of trouble. -- Selden. 3. A cheat; a swindle. [Slang, Eng.] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Do Do, v. ...
... prison [syn: convict, con, inmate, yard bird, yardbird] 3: a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person ... me when he gave me too little change" [syn: victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip ... con game > VI. transitive verb (conned; conning) Date: 1896 1. swindle < accused of conning retirees out of their savings > 2. manipulate ... deceptively to gain another's confidence; also a confidence game ; swindle VIII. noun Etymology: by shortening Date: 1893 convict IX. noun ... v. sl. --n. a confidence trick. --v.tr. (conned, conning) swindle; deceive (conned him into thinking he had won). Phrases and ... pleading, stack the cards, stick, sting, stir bird, study, sway, swindle, swot, swot up, take a dive, talk into, talk ...
gyp definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person ... me when he gave me too little change" [syn: victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip ... British a college servant 2. a. cheat, swindler b. fraud, swindle II. verb (gypped; gypping) Date: 1880 cheat Oxford Reference Dictionary ... jupeau 3. v. & n. sl. --v.tr. (gypped, gypping) cheat, swindle. --n. an act of cheating; a swindle. Etymology: 19th c.: perh. f. GYP(2) Webster's 1913 ... sled dog, slut, sow, spoof, stack the cards, stick, sting, swindle, take a dive, thimblerig, throw a fight, tigress, toy ...
bunco definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person ... me when he gave me too little change" [syn: victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip ... Reference Dictionary n. & v. US sl. --n. (pl. -os) a swindle, esp. by card-sharping or a confidence trick. --v.tr. (-oes, -oed) swindle, cheat. Etymology: perh. f. Sp. banca a card-game Webster ... grift, gyp, gyp joint, illicit business, imposition, imposture, racket, scam, swindle
... exhaust (2) to leave dispirited, irresolute, or hopeless e. cheat, swindle 5. a. (1) to act ahead of usually so as ... beat that. --M. Arnold. 7. To cheat; to chouse; to swindle; to defraud; -- often with out. [Colloq.] 8. To exercise severely ... beat that. --M. Arnold. 7. To cheat; to chouse; to swindle; to defraud; -- often with out. [Colloq.] 8. To exercise severely ... beat that. --M. Arnold. 7. To cheat; to chouse; to swindle; to defraud; -- often with out. [Colloq.] 8. To exercise severely ... stuck, stump, stumped, subdiscipline, subdue, sud, suds, surmount, surpass, swerve, swindle, swing, swing round, swing the stern, swinge, swirl, switch, syncopation ...
... me when he gave me too little change" [syn: victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip ... Oxford Reference Dictionary n. US sl. 1 a trick or swindle; a fraud. 2 a story or rumour. Etymology: 20th c ... they were participating in an insurance scam, not a murder... = swindle N-COUNT Moby Thesaurus ballot-box stuffing, beat, beguile of ... sell gold bricks, shave, shortchange, stack the cards, stick, sting, swindle, take a dive, thimblerig, throw a fight, victimize
... me when he gave me too little change" [syn: victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip ... by a fine 2. a. to defraud especially of money ; swindle b. to obtain by fraud, duress, or theft Oxford Reference ... 2 a (often foll. by of) deprive by fraudulent means; swindle. b obtain by swindling. --n. a fine. Etymology: earlier mult ... gold bricks, shave, shortchange, stack the cards, stick, sting, sweat, swindle, take a dive, thimblerig, throw a fight, victimize
... fiddlesticks — used as an interjection 4. [fiddle (II)] chiefly British swindle II. verb (fiddled; fiddling) Date: 14th century intransitive verb 1 ... to play (as a tune) on a fiddle 2. cheat, swindle 3. to alter or manipulate deceptively for fraudulent gain < accountants ... an attempt to make improvements). 2 tr. sl. a cheat, swindle. b falsify. c get by cheating. 3 a intr. play ... putter, racket, saw, scrape, scroll, skin game, smatter, soundboard, string, swindle, tamper with, tenor violin, thimblerig, tinker, touch, toy, toy with ...
... me when he gave me too little change" [syn: victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip ... motions 2. to waste (as time) in trifling 3. hoax, swindle 4. often vulgar to copulate with intransitive verb 1. dawdle ... diddler noun Oxford Reference Dictionary v. colloq. 1 tr. cheat, swindle. 2 intr. US waste time. Derivatives: diddler n. Etymology: prob ... sleep with, snow, stack the cards, stick, sting, string along, swindle, take, take a dive, take in, thimblerig, throw a fight ...
... stinger into skin [syn: sting, bite, insect bite] 4: a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person ... sharpness, vigour (a sting in the voice). 5 sl. a swindle or robbery. --v. (past and past part. stung) 1 a ... painful mental effect (was stung into replying). 4 tr. sl. swindle or charge exorbitantly. Phrases and idioms: stinging-nettle a nettle ... the cards, stick, stimulate, stinger, stinging, stir, stridency, stringency, surcharge, swindle, take a dive, tang, tartness, teeth, thimblerig, thrill, throw a ...
... gripe.] [Slang in all its senses.] 1. To cheat; to swindle; to steal; to rob. 2. To make; to construct; to ... Webster's 1913 Dictionary Fake Fake, n. A trick; a swindle. [Slang] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Fake Fake, n. [Cf. Scot ... substituent, substitute, substitution, succedaneum, suggestive of, superseder, supplanter, supposititious, surrogate, swindle, symbol, synecdoche, synthetic, tamper with, temporary, tentative, third string, throw ...
... foll. by of) strip (a person) of money, valuables, etc.; swindle. 2 remove the fleece from (a sheep etc.); shear. 3 ... She claims he fleeced her out of thousands of pounds. = swindle VERB: V n out of n, also V n 4 ... strip, strip bare, suck dry, surcharge, swan, swansdown, sweat, sweep, swindle, take, take a dive, tegument, thatch, thimblerig, thistledown, throw a ...