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• n  the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
• v  deprive of by deceit
  He swindled me out of my inheritance

• A legendary institution has barely escaped bankruptcy and is now accused of perpetrating the greatest swindle ever.
• A legendary institution has barely escaped bankruptcy and is now accused of perpetrating the greatest swindle ever.

• cheat
• rig
• victimize
• rook
• goldbrick
• nobble
• diddle
• bunco
• defraud
• scam
• mulct
• gyp
• gip
• hornswoggle
• short-change
• con

News & Articles

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• 'Don Juan Con Man,' Wanted in San Mateo, Nabbed Again In Vegas
  A fugitive whom authorities have dubbed the Don Juan Con Man, a.k.a. Simon Gann, was arrested in Las Vegas this week and may be extradited to San Mateo County. He has been using the age-old trick-bag of good looks, charm, and bullshit to swindle women out of large and small sums of cash, and, naturally, he has a twin brother who does the same thing. [ more › ]
  June 11, 2013 - SFist
• Astor son appeal nix
  The elderly son of the late Brooke Astor will soon be wearing prison stripes after the state’s highest court rejected his plea for an appeal. Anthony Marshall, 88, petitioned the Court of Appeals to overturn a 2009 conviction for attempting to swindle $60 million from his philanthropist mother. Judge...
  June 11, 2013 - New York Post
• Hearing officer: Ex-trooper who cut lawmakers a break deserves reinstatement, back pay
  A state hearing officer on Monday recommended that the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles should not have fired Trooper Charles Swindle for his actions in citing two state legislators for non-existing violations. Hearing officer Gregg Morton said that by pulling over two lawmakers, Swindle "was in a no-win situation." The officer …
  June 10, 2013 - St. Petersburg Times Blogs