What is the meaning of swindle?

noun

• The act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme.
  • usage: "that book is a fraud"
  • synonyms: cheat, rig

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, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, con