the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme; that book is a fraud
swindle (n.)
deprive of by deceit; He swindled me out of my inheritance; She defrauded the customers who trusted her; the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change
[ Syn: victimize , rook , goldbrick , nobble , diddle , bunco , defraud , scam , mulct , gyp , gip , hornswoggle , short-change , con ]