swindle

/ˈswɪndl/ verb [T]

Definition

› to get money from someone by cheating or deceiving them: [often passive] She was swindled out of thousands of dollars.

swindle noun [C] › a multi-million-pound swindle swindler noun [C]

(Definition of swindle verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to refuse to accept something or someone because you feel that they are not worth having

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