Usually means: Deceiving someone to steal money.
Definitions Related words Phrases Mentions Lyrics History Colors (New!)
We found 33 dictionaries that define the word swindle:

General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. swindle: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. swindle: Merriam-Webster
  3. swindle: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. swindle: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. swindle: Collins English Dictionary
  6. swindle: Vocabulary.com
  7. Swindle, swindle: Wordnik
  8. swindle: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. Swindle, swindle: Wiktionary
  10. swindle: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. swindle: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. swindle: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. swindle: Dictionary.com
  14. swindle: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Swindle (Transformers), Swindle (chess), Swindle (magazine), Swindle (novel), Swindle, The Swindle (video game): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Swindle: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. swindle: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. swindle: Rhymezone
  19. swindle: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. swindle: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. Swindle: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  22. swindle: FreeDictionary.org
  23. swindle: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. Swindle: The Word Detective
  25. swindle: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. swindle: Law.com Dictionary
  2. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. swindle: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. swindle: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. swindle: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. swindle, swindle: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(Note: See swindled as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
)
American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (transitive) To defraud.
verb:  (ambitransitive) To obtain (money or property) by fraudulent or deceitful methods.
verb:  (chess) for a player in a losing position to play a clever move that provokes an error from the opponent, thus achieving a win or a draw
noun:  An instance of swindling.
noun:  Anything that is deceptively not what it appears to be.
noun:  (chess) An instance wherein a player in a losing position plays a clever move that provokes an error from the opponent, thus achieving a win or a draw.
noun:  A surname.

Similar:

Opposite:

Types:

Phrases:

Adjectives:

Colors:
    olive,     mustard,     chartreuse,     taupe,     khaki, more...




Words similar to swindle

Usage examples for swindle

Idioms related to swindle

Wikipedia articles (New!)

Popular adjectives describing swindle

Words that often appear near swindle

Rhymes of swindle

Invented words related to swindle

Similar:

Opposite:

Types:

Phrases:

Adjectives:

Colors:
    olive,     mustard,     chartreuse,     taupe,     khaki, more...



Writing poetry or lyrics? You can find related words that match a given meter.
This feature is permanently available from the "Related words" tab and from the Thesaurus.





Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Word games   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Random word   Help


Color thesaurus

Use OneLook to find colors for words and words for colors

See an example

Literary notes

Use OneLook to learn how words are used by great writers

See an example

Word games

Try our innovative vocabulary games

Play Now

Read the latest OneLook newsletter issue: Threepeat Redux