Thesaurus / swindle
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Flimflam felt better in the mouth than swindle, and rubberneck was a more agreeable verb than crane.
FROM ‘SCIENTIST’ TO ‘SPAM,’ THE SURPRISINGLY PLAYFUL ORIGINS OF ENGLISH WORDSRALPH KEYESAPRIL 1, 2021TIMEI know where it claims to be, and I know it is just one big swindle from beginning to end.
THE SUNBRIDGE GIRLS AT SIX STAR RANCHELEANOR H. (ELEANOR HODGMAN) PORTERHe said it was a bad swindle and he knew many others who had lost their money, too, which I thought would please you.
THE SUNBRIDGE GIRLS AT SIX STAR RANCHELEANOR H. (ELEANOR HODGMAN) PORTERBois l'Hery's horses were unsound, Schwalbach's gallery was a swindle, Moessard's articles a recognised blackmail.
THE NABOBALPHONSE DAUDETThe whole thing was a cleverly-planned swindle, and unless you can get the bonds back you'll be out the money.
THE ROVER BOYS ON THE FARMARTHUR M. WINFIELD (AKA EDWARD STRATEMEYER)That is true, too,—although I somehow think Merrick is the prime mover in this swindle.
THE ROVER BOYS ON THE FARMARTHUR M. WINFIELD (AKA EDWARD STRATEMEYER)Devar was in the swindle and kept Miste advised of your movements.
DROSSHENRY SETON MERRIMANThe man has had a finger in every Anglo-French swindle of the last ten years.
DROSSHENRY SETON MERRIMAN"Yes—that's how he came to swindle me and several others," answered our hero.
FROM FARM TO FORTUNEHORATIO ALGER JR.One who'll beat me and swindle me and spend my money on other women—that's the sort of man for me.
THE TRAGIC MUSEHENRY JAMESWORDS RELATED TO SWINDLE
- bamboozle
- be dishonest
- beat
- beat out of
- beguile
- betray
- bilk
- buffalo
- burn
- cheat
- circumvent
- clip
- con
- cozen
- cross up
- defraud
- delude
- disappoint
- double-cross
- dupe
- ensnare
- entrap
- fake
- falsify
- fleece
- fool
- gouge
- gull
- hoax
- hoodwink
- hook
- humbug
- impose upon
- lead on
- mislead
- outwit
- play joke on
- pull fast one
- put on
- put up a smokescreen
- rob
- scam
- screw
- sell
- skin
- suck in
- swindle
- take advantage of
- take for
- take for ride
- take in
- take to cleaners
- trick
- victimize
- bamboozles
- beats
- beats out of
- beguiles
- betrays
- bilks
- buffalos
- burns
- cheats
- circumvents
- clips
- cons
- cozens
- crosses up
- defrauds
- deludes
- disappoints
- double-crosses
- dupes
- ensnares
- entraps
- fakes
- falsifies
- fleeces
- fools
- gouges
- gulls
- hoaxes
- hoodwinks
- hooks
- humbugs
- imposes upon
- leads on
- outwits
- plays joke on
- pulls fast one
- puts on
- robs
- scams
- screws
- sells
- skins
- sucks in
- swindles
- takes advantage of
- takes for
- takes for ride
- takes in
- takes to cleaners
- tricks
- victimizes
- bilk
- bluff
- boondoggle
- catch
- cheat
- chicane
- con
- con game
- confidence game
- cover-up
- crock
- decoy
- device
- dodge
- fallacy
- fast one
- fast shuffle
- feint
- fib
- fraud
- gimmick
- hoax
- hogwash
- hustle
- illusion
- imposture
- jive
- lie
- malarkey
- mare's-nest
- pretext
- ride
- ruse
- scam
- sham
- shift
- shuck
- snare
- snow job
- stall
- sting
- story
- stratagem
- subterfuge
- swindle
- trap
- trick
- whitewash
- wile
- wrinkle
- accomplished
- achieved
- acted
- arranged
- brought about
- caused
- closed
- completed
- concluded
- cooked
- created
- determined
- did one's thing
- discharged
- effected
- ended
- engaged in
- executed
- finished
- fixed
- fulfilled
- got ready
- got with it
- looked after
- made
- made ready
- moved
- operated
- organized
- performed
- prepared
- produced
- pulled off
- saw to
- succeeded
- took care of business
- took on
- transacted
- undertook
- was responsible for
- went for it
- worked
- wound up
- wrapped up
- artifice
- bunk
- cheating
- chicane
- chicanery
- corruption
- craft
- criminality
- crookedness
- cunning
- deceit
- double-dealing
- duplicity
- faithlessness
- falsehood
- falsity
- flimflam
- fourberie
- fraud
- fraudulence
- graft
- guile
- hanky-panky
- hocus-pocus
- improbity
- infamy
- infidelity
- insidiousness
- mendacity
- perfidiousness
- perfidy
- racket
- rascality
- sharp practice
- slyness
- stealing
- swindle
- treachery
- trickery
- trickiness
- unscrupulousness
- wiliness
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