swindle 1
noundomain: activity
Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
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EnglishDefinition
the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
Hypernym
fraud 1
noun
intentional deception resulting in injury to another person
EnglishDerivationally related form
swindle 1
verb
deprive of by deceit
Hyponym
scam 1
noun
a fraudulent business scheme
bunco 1
noun
a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
gyp 1
noun
(sometimes offensive) an act of swindling or cheating
pyramiding 1
noun
a fraudulent business practice involving some form of pyramid scheme e.g., the chain of distribution is artificially expanded by an excessive number of distributors selling to other distributors at progressively higher wholesale prices until retail prices are unnecessarily inflated
holdout 3
noun
the act of hiding playing cards in a gambling game so they are available for personal use later
