swindling
31illegality — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Lack of legality Nouns 1. illegality, lawlessness, unlawfulness, unconstitutionality; illegitimacy, bar sinister, bastardy; criminality; outlawry; extralegality; criminology; criminalization. See… …
32racket — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. uproar, din, clatter, hubbub; frolic, carouse, rumpus, hurly burly; battledore. See amusement, loudness. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Disturbing noise] Syn. uproar, clatter, din; see noise 2 , uproar . 2.… …
33theft — theft, larceny, robbery, burglary mean the act or crime of stealing, though they have differences in legal application. The same differences in implications and applications are observable in the agent nouns thief, larcener or larcenist, robber,… …
34swindle — UK [ˈswɪnd(ə)l] / US verb [transitive] Word forms swindle : present tense I/you/we/they swindle he/she/it swindles present participle swindling past tense swindled past participle swindled to cheat someone in order to get their money swindle… …
35swindle — [c]/ˈswɪndl / (say swindl) verb (swindled, swindling) –verb (t) 1. to cheat (a person) out of money, etc. 2. to obtain by fraud or deceit. –verb (i) 3. to put forward plausible schemes or use unscrupulous artifice to defraud others; cheat;… …
36skin game — noun Etymology: skin (II) 1. : a swindling game or trick skin games running to fleece you as fast as you can get your money to the center Andy Adams 2. : skinball * * * 1. a dishonest or unscrupulous business operation, scheme, etc …
37swindlingly — adverb Etymology: swindling (present participle of swindle) (I) + ly : in a swindling manner …
38on the fiddle — Involved in swindling • • • Main Entry: ↑fiddle * * * chiefly British, informal engaged in cheating or swindling …
39swin´dle|a|ble — swin|dle «SWIHN duhl», verb, dled, dling, noun. –v.t. 1. to cheat; defraud: »Honest merchants do not swindle their customers. SYNONYM(S): rook. 2. to get (something) by fraud. –v.i. to be guilty of swindling another or others; practice fraud. –n …
40swin|dle — «SWIHN duhl», verb, dled, dling, noun. –v.t. 1. to cheat; defraud: »Honest merchants do not swindle their customers. SYNONYM(S): rook. 2. to get (something) by fraud. –v.i. to be guilty of swindling another or others; practice fraud. –n. an act… …
