swindle
An instance of swindlingAn instance of swindling.
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» He swindled her.
Er hat sie betrogen. — Yorwba
Он надул её. — seekbirdy
Він обдурив її. — deniko
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3 sensesAn instance of swindling.
Schwindel
обма́нobmán, жу́льничествоžúlʹničestvo, моше́нничествоmošénničestvo
the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
Anything that is deceptively not what it appears to be.
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.
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Origin
Back-formation from swindler, from German Schwindler, from German schwindeln, from MiddleBack-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”).
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plural: swindlesSynonyms
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