What is the meaning of diddle?

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, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, con
Manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination.
- usage: "She played nervously with her wedding ring"; "Don't fiddle with the screws"; "He played with the idea of running for the Senate"
- synonyms: toy, fiddle, play

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APA	WordNet. (2010). diddle. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/diddle/definitions/1270343
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