Meaning of swindle In English

• 0 to get money dishonestly from someone by deceiving or cheating them:

  • They swindled local businesses out of thousands of dollars.

  • The wealthy banker was ultimately convicted of swindling investors.

• 1 a situation in which someone gets money dishonestly from another person by cheating them:

  • Fraud squad officers are investigating a £5.6 million swindle.

  • He masterminded a massive swindle involving $750 million in loans.

• 2 to cheat or trick someone in order to get money from them:

  • swindle sb out of sth A Web-based company swindled customers out of $15 million.

• 3 the action of cheating or tricking someone in order to get money from them:

  • He masterminded a hi-tech swindle that emptied customers' bank accounts.