Associations to the word «Swindling»

Wiktionary

SWINDLE, verb. (transitive) To defraud (someone).
SWINDLE, verb. (intransitive) To obtain money or property by fraudulent or deceitful methods.
SWINDLE, noun. An instance of swindling.

Dictionary definition

SWINDLE, noun. The act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme; "that book is a fraud".
SWINDLE, verb. Deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats