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Meaning of Swindle | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

ˈswɪnd(ə)l

Definitions

A surname.
An instance of swindling.
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.

Equivalents

العربية الإحتيال جدع جربزة غش

Azərbaycanca dələduzluq

Български изма́ма измамвам

Bosanski prevara prijevara privara timar varka zajeb варка превара пријевара

Català engalipar enganyar ensarronar estafa estafar

Čeština švindl

Deutsch beschwindeln betrügen Erschwindeln Gaunerei Schwindel schwindeln

Ελληνικά απατεωνιά απάτη

Esperanto trompi trompo

Español dársela con queso engañabobos engañifa estafa estafar petardear pufo socaliña tangar timar timo trampear

Suomi huijata huijaus huiju kusetus

Français entourloupe entourlouper escroquer Escroquerie

Galego enfoumar

Hrvatski prevara prijevara privara timar varka zajeb варка превара пријевара

Magyar átver átverés becsap csalás rászed svindli szélhámosság

Bahasa Indonesia mengecoh menipu

Íslenska svik svindl svindla

Italiano bidonare circuire defraudare fregare frode imbroglio raggirare raggiro truffare turlupinare

日本語欺く詐欺騙騙す騙る騙取する

한국어 사기

Kurdî inşela tîmar

Latina circumductio fraudō

Bahasa Melayu tipu

Nederlands frauderen oplichten zwendel zwendelen

Polski szelmsztuk szwindel szwindlować wyjebka

Português fraudar fraude trapacear

Română înșela

Русский жульничать жульничество моше́нничать мошенничество надувать надуть обман обмануть обманывать

Српски prevara prijevara privara timar varka zajeb варка превара пријевара

Svenska bedra bedrägeri fusk svindel svindla

ไทย คดโกง โกง

Türkçe dolandırmak söğüşlemek yolmak

Українська шахрайство

Tiếng Việt lừa đảo lừa tiền

Examples

“There were men there who had committed merciless robberies, cruel murders, heartless swindles, abominable depravities.”

“[T]he scandal was the pretty common one of a corrupt agreement between hotel proprietors and a salesman who took and gave secret commissions, so that his business had a monopoly of all the drink sold in the place. It wasn't even an open slavery like an ordinary tied house; it was a swindle at the expense of everybody the manager was supposed to serve.”

CEFR level

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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