v. & n.
v.tr. (often foll. by out of) 1 cheat (a person) of money, possessions, etc. (was swindled out of all his savings). 2 cheat a person of (money etc.) (swindled all his savings out of him).
n. 1 an act of swindling. 2 a person or thing represented as what it is not. 3 a fraudulent scheme. swindler n.
[ back-form. f. swindler f. G Schwindler extravagant maker of schemes, swindler, f. schwindeln be dizzy ]