What is the meaning of gyp?

noun

• A swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property.
  • synonyms: bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, confidence trick, confidence game, con game, hustle, sting, flimflam

verb

• Deprive of by deceit.
  • usage: "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"
  • synonyms: victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, con