swindle
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
that book is a fraud
Types & categories
- fraud hypernym
- scam hyponym
- hustle hyponym
- pyramiding hyponym
- holdout hyponym
- swiz hyponym
- shell game hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
deprive of by deceit
He swindled me out of my inheritance
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- victimisation derivation
- scam derivation
- hustle derivation
- swindle derivation
- swindler derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | chicane |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | rig |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | goldbrick |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | rig |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | fraud |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | scam |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hustle |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pyramiding |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | holdout |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | swiz |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | shell game |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | victimisation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | scam |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | hustle |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | swindle |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | swindler |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | cheat |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | short |