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.
Derivatives:
swindler n.
Etymology: back-form. f. swindler f. G Schwindler extravagant maker of schemes, swindler, f. schwindeln be dizzy