swindle

/หˆswษชnd(ษ™)l/

IPA: /S W IH1 N D AH0 L/

noun
  1. 1

    An instance of swindling.

  2. 2

    Anything that is deceptively not what it appears to be.

Synonyms

verb
  1. 1

    To defraud.

    โ€œThe two men swindled the company out of $160,000.โ€

  2. 2

    To obtain (money or property) by fraudulent or deceitful methods.

    โ€œShe swindled more than ยฃ200 out of me.โ€

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/swindle