Swindle
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

3 letters

CON
In opposition to a proposition, opinion, etc.; "much was written pro and con"

ROB
Rip off; ask an unreasonable price

GYP
A swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property

RIG
The act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme; "that book is a fraud"

GIP
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"

4 letters

RAMP
Be rampant; "the lion is rampant in this heraldic depiction"

SCAM
A fraudulent business scheme

DOIN
Get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing; "The mafia liquidated the informer"; "the double agent was neutralized"

GULL
Mostly white aquatic bird having long pointed wings and short legs

ROOK
Common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of the American crow

DUPE
A person who is tricked or swindled

BILK
Escape, either physically or mentally; "The thief eluded the police"; "This difficult idea seems to evade her"; "The event evades explanation"

BURN
A place or area that has been burned (especially on a person's body)

5 letters

COZEN
Cheat or trick; "He cozened the money out of the old man"

MULCT
Money extracted as a penalty

EPSOM

BUNKO
A swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property

CHEAT
The act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme; "that book is a fraud"

BUNCO
A swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property

TRICK
(card games) in a single round, the sequence of cards played by all the players; the high card is the winner

FRAUD
Intentional deception resulting in injury to another person

6 letters

DIDDLE
Manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination; "She played nervously with her wedding ring"; "Don't fiddle with the screws"; "He played with the idea of running for the Senate"

RIPOFF
Deprive somebody of something by deceit; "The con-man beat me out of $50"; "This salesman ripped us off!"; "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"; "They chiseled me out of my money"

HUSTLE
A rapid active commotion

FIDDLE
Bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow

NOBBLE
Take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom; "The industrialist's son was kidnapped"

CHISEL
An edge tool with a flat steel blade with a cutting edge

CONJOB

FLEECE
A soft bulky fabric with deep pile; used chiefly for clothing

EUCHRE
A card game similar to ecarte; each player is dealt 5 cards and the player making trump must take 3 tricks to win a hand

7 letters

DEFRAUD
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"

CONGAME
A swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property

DOOUTOF

DECEIVE
Be false to; be dishonest with

8 letters

FLIMFLAM
A swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property

9 letters

GOLDBRICK
Anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless

SHELLGAME
A swindling sleight-of-hand game; victim guesses which of three things a pellet is under

VICTIMIZE
Punish unjustly

11 letters

FRAUDULENCE
The quality of being fraudulent

DOUBLECROSS
An act of betrayal; "he gave us the old double cross"; "I could no longer tolerate his impudent double-crossing"

HORNSWOGGLE
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"

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