swindle
swin·dle [swindle swindles swindled swindling] verb, noun BrE [ˈswɪndl] NAmE [ˈswɪndl]
verb
to cheat sb in order to get sth, especially money, from them
•~ sb (out of sth) They swindled him out of hundreds of dollars.
•~ sth (out of sb) They swindled hundreds of dollars out of him.
Verb forms: 
Word Origin:
late 18th cent.: back-formation from swindler, from German Schwindler ‘extravagant maker of schemes, swindler’, from schwindeln ‘be giddy’, also ‘tell lies’.
Example Bank:
•They swindled him out of thousands of dollars.
Derived Word: ↑swindler
noun usually singular
a situation in which sb uses dishonest or illegal methods in order to get money from a company, another person, etc.
Syn: ↑con
•an insurance swindle
Word Origin:
late 18th cent.: back-formation from swindler, from German Schwindler ‘extravagant maker of schemes, swindler’, from schwindeln ‘be giddy’, also ‘tell lies’.
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