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swindle v. 1 cheat, cozen, bilk, defraud, deceive, hoodwink, take in,
fleece, dupe, fool, mulct, gull, make a fool or sucker (out) of,
victimize, exploit, trick, Old-fashioned or literary euchre,
Archaic chouse, Colloq bamboozle, chisel, diddle, pull a fast
one on, flimflam, pluck, burn, take (someone) for a ride, Brit
fiddle, US buffalo, Slang con, sting, screw, rook, gyp, rip
(someone) off: The gang has swindled several elderly people out
of their life savings.
--n. 2 fraud, confidence game or trick, cheating, swindling,
defrauding, deception, racket, trickery, sharp practice,
thimblerigging, chicanery, knavery, Colloq Brit fiddle, swizzle
or swizz, Slang rip-off, scam, con (game), gyp, US bunco: Those
old-time swindles are nothing compared with the activities of
unscrupulous stock brokers.
swindler n. cheat, confidence man or woman, hoaxer, mountebank,
charlatan, knave, scoundrel, sharper, fraud, trickster,
thimblerigger, villain, Technical defalcator, Colloq flimflam
man, Slang con man or woman, US bunco-artist, four-flusher:
Swindlers tricked them out of all their cash and traveller's
cheques.
swing v. 1 sway, move or go to and fro or back and forth or backwards
and forwards, come and go, wave, fluctuate, flap, oscillate,
vibrate, librate, waver, wobble, waggle, zigzag, wigwag,
flourish: The branches swung in the wind. They swung their arms
in time to the music. 2 hang, dangle; be hanged, be suspended:
They watched the monkeys swinging from tree to tree. He will
swing for his crime.
--n. 3 swinging, sway, swaying, toing and froing, coming and
going, waving, fluctuation, fluctuating, flapping, flap,
oscillation, oscillating, vibration, vibrating, libration,
waver, wavering, wobble, wobbling, waggle, waggling, zigzag,
zigzagging, wigwag, wigwagging, flourish, flourishing, stroke:
Catch the rope on its next swing. He was caught on the shoulder
by a wild swing of the bat. 4 sweep, scope, range, trend,
limit(s); change, switch, shift: The swing of public opinion is
unpredictable in these matters. There has been a small
percentage swing to the Conservatives. 5 pace, routine, groove,
pattern: Don't you find it hard to get into the normal swing of