to cheat (a person, business, etc.) out of money or other assets.

to obtain by fraud or deceit.

to put forward plausible schemes or use unscrupulous trickery to defraud others; cheat.

an act of swindling or a fraudulent transaction or scheme.

anything deceptive; a fraud

This advertisement is a real swindle.

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absconder , charlatan , cheat , cheater , chiseler , clip , con artist , confidence artist , counterfeiter , crook , deceiver , defrauder , dodger , double-dealer , falsifier , forger , four-flusher , fraud , gouger , grifter , impostor , mechanic , mountebank , operator , rascal , rook , scammer , scoundrel , shark , sharp , sharper , slicker , thief , trickster , bilk , cozener , victimizer , finagler , highbinder , imposter , knave , rogue