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swindle

verb
/ˈswɪnd(ə)l/

Etymology

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-West Germanic *swindan (“to diminish”). See also Modern German schwindeln, Danish svindel and svindle, Dutch zwindelen and zwendelen, Yiddish שווינדל (shvindl), Low German swinneln, Middle English swinden (“to languish, waste away”).

  1. derived from *swindan✻ — “to diminish”
  2. derived from swintilōn
  3. derived from swindeln
  4. derived from schwindeln
  5. derived from Schwindler

Definitions

  1. To defraud.

    • The two men swindled the company out of $160,000.
    • 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.

  2. To obtain (money or property) by fraudulent or deceitful methods.

    • She swindled more than £200 out of me.

  3. For a player in a losing position to play a clever move that provokes an error from the…

    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.

  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. An instance of swindling.

      • There were men there who had committed merciless robberies, cruel murders, heartless swindles, abominable depravities.

    2. Anything that is deceptively not what it appears to be.

    3. An instance wherein a player in a losing position plays a clever move that provokes an…

      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.

    4. A surname.

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Derived

outswindle, swindleable, swindledom, swindler, swindlery, swindlingly, swindle sheet

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at swindle. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at swindle. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at swindle

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA