[swin.dle] vb swin.dled ; swin.dling [back-formation fr. swindler, fr. G Schwindler giddy person, fr. schwindeln to be dizzy, fr. OHG swintilon, freq. of swintan to diminish, vanish; akin to OE swindan to vanish] vi (ca. 1782): to obtain money or property by fraud or deceit ~ vt: to take money or property from by fraud or deceit syn see cheat -- swin.dler n
[2]swindle n (1833): an act or instance of swindling: fraud