v. t.
Lammote . . . has swindled one of them out of three hundred livres. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The act or process of swindling; a cheat. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ G. schwindler, fr. schwindlen to be dizzy, to act thoughtlessly, to cheat, fr. schwindel dizziness, fr. schwinden to vanish, to disappear, to dwindle. See Swim to be dizzy. ] One who swindles, or defrauds grossly; one who makes a practice of defrauding others by imposition or deliberate artifice; a cheat. [ 1913 Webster ]
Fraud and injustice soon follow, and the dignity of the British merchant is sunk in the scandalous appellation of a swindler. V. Knox. [ 1913 Webster ]
Perhaps you 'll think I act the same
As a sly sharper plays his game. Cotton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Swindling; rougery. [ R. ] “Swindlery and blackguardism.” Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]