To obtain (money or property) by fraudulent or deceitful methods.
She swindled more than £200 out of me.
For a player in a losing position to play a clever move that provokes an error from the opponent, thus achieving a win or a draw.
An instance of swindling.
There were men there who had committed merciless robberies, cruel murders, heartless swindles, abominable depravities.
Anything that is deceptively not what it appears to be.
An instance wherein a player in a losing position plays a clever move that provokes an error from the opponent, thus achieving a win or a draw.
A surname.
Back-formation from swindler, from German Schwindler, from German schwindeln, from Middle High German swindeln, swindelen, from Old High German swintilōn, frequentative of the verb swintan, from Proto...
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