swindle

1. (transitive) To defraud.Examples: "The two men swindled the company out of $160,000."; "Such Nations cannot have a King to command them; can only have this or the other scandalous swindling Copper Captain, constitutional Gilt Mountebank, or other the like unsalutary entity by way of King; and the sins of the fathers are visited upon the children in a frightful and tragical manner, little noticed in the Penny Newspapers and Periodical Literatures of this generation."; "That word is bezzle. It describes the period in which an embezzler has stolen a man's money but the victim does not yet realize he's been swindled."Synonyms: swizztransitive

2. (ambitransitive) To obtain (money or property) by fraudulent or deceitful methods.Examples: "She swindled more than £200 out of me."ambitransitive

3. (chess) 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.Synonyms: be sold a pup