Word "SWINDLE" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
Synonyms:
cheat, rig

Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
deprive of by deceit
Synonyms:
bunco, con, defraud, diddle, goldbrick, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, victimize
Examples:
He swindled me out of my inheritance

Crossword Clues for SWINDLE

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Clue Source Date
Les gets wind of a fraud (7)
Unexpected wins led to fiddle (7)
Do as pigs needing to cross dale regularly The Sun Two Speed 19 Jun 2025
Cheat The Sun Two Speed 19 Jun 2025
Scoundrel involving outsiders in deceitful trick (7)
Welds in a turn that may deceive you (7)
In a little less wind, let's take someone for a ride (7) The Guardian Cryptic 19 May 2025
Cheat of money, possessions (7)
To con (7)
How to cheat 550 among the pigs (7)
Taste victory riding in sled designed to take someone for a ride (7)
Fraud slid new arrangement around (7)
Rook and pigs crossing dale regularly (7)
Defraud The Telegraph Quick 19 Dec 2024
Con, dupe (7)
Do get a little sleepy and turn in (7)
Trick with sewn lid (7)
Fraud with numbersof Romans taken in by bad man
Dupe The Sun Mini 25 Sep 2024
Trick the French to follow southern breeze (7)
Devon and Cornwall lined up for scam (7)
Con The Telegraph Quick 26 Aug 2024
Lewd sin (anag.) The Telegraph Quick 17 Aug 2024
Dupe (7) Puzzler 02 Aug 2024
Fraudulent scheme The Times Concise 06 Jul 2024
Cheat has victory in broken sled (7)
Will do to accommodate the 550 pigs (7)
Con, cheat (7)
Less wind - less an environment to cheat one out of (7)
Cheat keeping livestock around both sides of Donegal (7)
Con game Newsday 26 May 2024
Defraud Mirror Classic 05 May 2024
Come in first in a broken sled, but it's a scam (7)
Do as pigs crossing dale regularly The Sun Two Speed 14 Mar 2024
Fraudulent scheme affecting new lids (7)
Cheat The Sun Two Speed 14 Mar 2024
Do turn into Headless Man?
Do more than win (7)
Cheat to gain victory in rickety sled (7)
Cheat, steal
Les has to win 500 or cheat in the process
Dupe or trick (7)
Outwit
Daughter left in clutches of beastly individual, a fraud The Telegraph Toughie 08 Nov 2023
Deceive rogues, netting £500 The Times Cryptic 01 Aug 2023
Defraud The Times Concise 17 Jul 2023
Rogue sealing heartless deal in scam The Telegraph Cryptic 04 May 2023
Con The Telegraph Quick 07 Nov 2022
Fleece Wall Street Journal 17 Sep 2022
Fleece, scam The Telegraph Quick 14 Sep 2022
Defraud, deceive The Telegraph Quick 14 Nov 2021
Defraud The Telegraph Quick 11 Nov 2021
Second victory against England finally? The French cheat! The Telegraph Cryptic 09 Sep 2021
Defraud The Telegraph Quick 26 Nov 2020
Cheat swapping spades for diamonds in contract
Rotters hosting oddly dull do
Cheat The Sun Two Speed 09 Apr 2020
Do as pigs crossing dale regularly The Sun Two Speed 09 Apr 2020
Do pigs eat odd bits of dal?
Diddle The Telegraph Quick 04 Dec 2019
Fraudulent scheme The Times Concise 18 Jul 2019
Defraud, e.g Universal 21 Jul 2018
Scam The Telegraph Quick 13 Jun 2018
Only flatulence for old trick
Primarily suppress flatulence? The French do
Defraud, e.g.
A bit of crosswind lethal for rook
Before victory, South led amazing trick
Special drink's about 500 quid? That's a rip-off
Con New York Times 02 Oct 2016
Trick The Telegraph Quick 10 Sep 2016
Large diamonds lifted in rogue's scam
Con
It could be scoundrel taking in damsel heartlessly
Defraud Universal 19 Oct 2015
Cheat The Telegraph Quick 16 Oct 2015
Cheat unpleasant people, netting five-hundred pounds
Con Eugene Sheffer 08 Sep 2015
Defraud Newsday 29 Jul 2015
Defraud
Defraud
Shortchange
Con job
Bernie Madoff job
Con job
Trick
Trick
Defraud
Con
Take to the cleaners
Cheat
Get by fraud
South Sea Bubble.
Shell game.
Bilk.
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