swindling
Taking through deceit
Swindling is the act of cheating someone out of money or property through deception or fraud.
The word emphasizes deliberate trickery—a swindler gains trust before exploiting it: He was arrested for swindling elderly investors out of their retirement savings.
Swindling implies a scheme rather than a single dishonest act.
Dishonest money-making scheme
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
- embezzlementFraudulent taking of entrusted assets
- forgeryCreating fraudulent imitations
- ponzi schemeSwindle paying old with new
pyramid scheme · phishing · money laundering · counterfeiting · grift · flimflam · bunco · hustle
Fraud who deceives for profit
- con artistProfessional fraud perpetrator
- charlatanFaker claiming false expertise
- grifterPetty fraud perpetrator
- fraudsterCriminal deceiver for gain
hustler · scammer · cheat · trickster · flimflammer · mountebank · impostor · shark
Defrauding through deception
- dupingDeliberately misleading another
- hoodwinkingDeliberately misleading someone
- bamboozlingDeceiving through confusion
- deceivingCausing false belief
tricking · scheming · misleading · manipulating · fleecing · bilking · cheating · defrauding
scam
Dishonest money-making scheme
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
- embezzlementFraudulent taking of entrusted assets
- forgeryCreating fraudulent imitations
ponzi scheme · pyramid scheme · phishing · money laundering · counterfeiting · grift · flimflam · bunco · hustle · confidence game
conman
Fraud who deceives for profit
- con artistProfessional fraud perpetrator
- charlatanFaker claiming false expertise
- grifterPetty fraud perpetrator
fraudster · hustler · scammer · cheat · trickster · flimflammer · mountebank · impostor · shark · confidence man
conning
Defrauding through deception
- dupingDeliberately misleading another
- hoodwinkingDeliberately misleading someone
- bamboozlingDeceiving through confusion
deceiving · tricking · scheming · misleading · manipulating · fleecing · bilking · cheating · defrauding · beguiling
- financial fraudsecurities fraud, bank fraud, accounting fraud, defalcation, embezzler
- crimesarson, burglary, robbery, kidnapping, vandalism
- deceptionlie, lies, lying, fake, fraud
- wrongdoingmisconduct, crime, sabotage, crimes, misbehavior
- cunningcunning, craftiness, crafty, guile, slyness
- dirty trickscheating, lying, deceit, trickery, deception
swindlingfair dealing
Honest, equitable conduct principle
honesty · integrity · forthrightness · genuine · square dealing
swindlinggiving
Transferring to another
donating · gifting · bestowing · philanthropy · generosity