Swindle crossword clue 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 11 letters

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Likely Answers:

  • BILK
  • SCAM
  • CON
  • DEFRAUD
  • CHEAT
  • GRIFT
  • DUPE
  • TRICK
  • FRAUDULENCE
  • BUNKO
  • RIPOFF
  • TAKEIN
  • FLEECE
  • FIDDLE
  • FRAUD
  • RAMP
  • EUCHRE
  • GAZUMP
  • CONTRICK
  • NOBBLE

Synonyms and Definitions

BILK

  • Synonyms: baffle, cross, elude, evade, foil, frustrate, queer, scotch, spoil, thwart

SCAM

  • Synonyms: bunco, con, cozenage, defraud, diddle, gip, goldbrick, gyp, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, short-change, victimize

CON

  • Synonyms: bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con game, confidence game, confidence trick, convict, flimflam, hustle, inmate, learn, memorise, memorize, scam, sting, yard bird, yardbird
  • Definition: a disagreement against a suggested plan

CHEAT

  • Synonyms: bearded darnel, beguiler, betray, bromus secalinus, cheat on, cheater, cheating, chess, chicane, chisel, chouse, cuckold, darnel, deceiver, jockey, lolium temulentum, rig, rip off, screw, shaft, slicker, tare, trickster, wander

DUPE

  • Synonyms: befool, cod, fool, gull, put on, put one across, put one over, slang, take in, victim
  • Definition: an individual who is deceived or cheated

TRICK

  • Synonyms: antic, caper, conjuration, conjuring trick, deception, fast one, fob, fox, illusion, john, joke, legerdemain, magic, magic trick, play a joke on, play a trick on, play tricks, prank, pull a fast one on, put-on, thaumaturgy, whoremaster, whoremonger
  • Definition: an action or tool that is sly or dishonest

FRAUDULENCE

  • Synonyms: deceit, dupery, duplicity, fraud, hoax, humbug

FLEECE

  • Synonyms: gazump, hook, overcharge, pluck, plume, rob, shear, sheepskin, soak, surcharge, wool

FIDDLE

  • Synonyms: monkey, play, shirk, shrink from, tamper, tinker, toy, violin

FRAUD

  • Synonyms: fake, faker, fraudulence, imposter, impostor, pretender, pseud, pseudo, role player, sham, shammer

RAMP

  • Synonyms: allium tricoccum, incline, rage, storm, wild leek

EUCHRE

  • Synonyms: five hundred

GAZUMP

  • Synonyms: fleece

NOBBLE

  • Synonyms: abduct, abstract, cabbage, filch, kidnap, lift, pilfer, pinch, purloin, snarf, snatch, sneak, swipe

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