swindle


swindle
v.
To use fraud to cheat someone out of money.
n.
swindle, swindling

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.


swindle
To cheat through trick, device, false statements, or other fraudulent methods with the intent to acquire money or property from another to which the swindler is not entitled. (See also: fraud, theft)
Category: Criminal Law
Category: Small Claims Court & Lawsuits

Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. . 2009.

swindle
v.
   to cheat through trick, device, false statements or other fraudulent methods with the intent to acquire money or property from another to which the swindler is not entitled. Swindling is a crime as one form of theft.
   See also: fraud, theft

Law dictionary. . 2013.

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