swindle
verb/ˈswɪndəl/
Frequency rank: #17,641 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
to obtain money or property by fraud or deception.
Example sentence
The corrupt salesman tried to swindle elderly customers out of their savings.
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