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{
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},
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},
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},
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},
{
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},
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{
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},
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},
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"etymology_text": "Back-formation from swindler, from German Schwindler, from German schwindeln, from Middle High German swindeln, swindelen, from Old High German swintiln, frequentative of the verb swintan, from Proto-West Germanic *swindan (“to diminish”).\nSee also Modern German schwindeln, Danish svindel and svindle, Dutch zwindelen and zwendelen, Yiddish שווינדל (shvindl), Low German swinneln, Middle English swinden (“to languish, waste away”).",
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},
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{
"text": "The two men swindled the company out of $160,000.",
"type": "example"
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"To defraud."
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"(transitive) To defraud."
],
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{
"_dis1": "91 3 6",
"sense": "to defraud",
"tags": [
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"mainly"
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"word": "swizz"
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"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "afsettery"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḡašša",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "غَشَّ"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "jadaʕa",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "جَدَعَ"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izmamvam",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "измамвам"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "estafar"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "enganyar"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "ensarronar"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "engalipar"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "詐取"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhàqǔ",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "诈取"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "騙取"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "piànqǔ",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "骗取"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "騙局"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "piànjú",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "骗局"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "oplichten"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "zwendelen"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "trompi"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "huijata"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "escroquer"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "entourlouper"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "enfoumar"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"note": "with um",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "betrügen"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"note": "with um",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "beschwindeln"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"note": "with von",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "erschwindeln"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "bifaihōn",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "𐌱𐌹𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍉𐌽"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "phenakízō",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "φενακίζω"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "becsap"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "átver"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "rászed"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "svindla á"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "eskrokar"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "menipu"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "mengecoh"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "truffare"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "bidonare"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "defraudare"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "turlupinare"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "circuire"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "fregare"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "damasu",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "騙す"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "azamuku",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "欺く"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "jv",
"lang": "Javanese",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "nyolong"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "fraudō"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "tipu"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "whakateke"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "ne",
"lang": "Nepali",
"roman": "chakyāunu",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "छक्याउनु"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "rouôler"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "frauduler"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "szwindlować"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "fraudar"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "ch'achuy"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "înșela"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obmányvatʹ",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "обма́нывать"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obmanútʹ",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "обману́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "mošénničatʹ",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "моше́нничать"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "žúlʹničatʹ",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "жу́льничать"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "naduvátʹ",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "надува́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nadútʹ",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "наду́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "estafar"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "timar"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "tangar"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "petardear"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "dársela con queso"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "svindla"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "bedra"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "gohng",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "โกง"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "kót gohng",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "คดโกง"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "dolandırmak"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "lừa đảo"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "bashvindlen",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "באַשווינדלען"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 6",
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "opnarn",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "אָפּנאַרן"
}
]
},
{
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"examples": [
{
"text": "She swindled more than £200 out of me.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To obtain (money or property) by fraudulent or deceitful methods."
],
"id": "en-swindle-en-verb-JgszbYUb",
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"transitive",
"transitive"
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[
"intransitive",
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[
"obtain",
"obtain"
],
[
"money",
"money"
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[
"property",
"property"
],
[
"fraudulent",
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[
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[
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, intransitive) To obtain (money or property) by fraudulent or deceitful methods."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive",
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "4 94 2",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḡašša",
"sense": "to obtain money or property by fraudulent or deceitful methods",
"word": "غَشَّ"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 94 2",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "jadaʕa",
"sense": "to obtain money or property by fraudulent or deceitful methods",
"word": "جَدَعَ"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 94 2",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to obtain money or property by fraudulent or deceitful methods",
"word": "estafar"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 94 2",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "to obtain money or property by fraudulent or deceitful methods",
"word": "欺騙"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 94 2",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "hei⁴ pin³",
"sense": "to obtain money or property by fraudulent or deceitful methods",
"word": "欺骗"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 94 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to obtain money or property by fraudulent or deceitful methods",
"word": "欺騙"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 94 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "qīpiàn",
"sense": "to obtain money or property by fraudulent or deceitful methods",
"word": "欺骗"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 94 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to obtain money or property by fraudulent or deceitful methods",
"word": "frauderen"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 94 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to obtain money or property by fraudulent or deceitful methods",
"word": "huijata"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 94 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to obtain money or property by fraudulent or deceitful methods",
"word": "entourlouper"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 94 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to obtain money or property by fraudulent or deceitful methods",
"word": "escroquer"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 94 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to obtain money or property by fraudulent or deceitful methods",
"word": "schwindeln"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 94 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to obtain money or property by fraudulent or deceitful methods",
"word": "kicsal"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 94 2",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to obtain money or property by fraudulent or deceitful methods",
"word": "svindla"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 94 2",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to obtain money or property by fraudulent or deceitful methods",
"word": "menipu"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 94 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to obtain money or property by fraudulent or deceitful methods",
"word": "raggirare"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 94 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to obtain money or property by fraudulent or deceitful methods",
"word": "truffare"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 94 2",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kataru",
"sense": "to obtain money or property by fraudulent or deceitful methods",
"word": "騙る"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 94 2",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "henshu suru",
"sense": "to obtain money or property by fraudulent or deceitful methods",
"word": "騙取する"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 94 2",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "to obtain money or property by fraudulent or deceitful methods",
"word": "tipu"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 94 2",
"code": "mi",
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"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "afsettery"
},
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḡašša",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "غَشَّ"
},
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
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"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "جَدَعَ"
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"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "измамвам"
},
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"code": "ca",
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"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "estafar"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
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},
{
"code": "ca",
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},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
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},
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "詐取"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhàqǔ",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "诈取"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "騙取"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "piànqǔ",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "骗取"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "騙局"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "piànjú",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "骗局"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "oplichten"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "zwendelen"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "trompi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "huijata"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "escroquer"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "entourlouper"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "enfoumar"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"note": "with um",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "betrügen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"note": "with um",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "beschwindeln"
},
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "erschwindeln"
},
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"code": "got",
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"roman": "bifaihōn",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "𐌱𐌹𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍉𐌽"
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"roman": "phenakízō",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "φενακίζω"
},
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "becsap"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "átver"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
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},
{
"code": "is",
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"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "svindla á"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "eskrokar"
},
{
"code": "id",
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"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "menipu"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
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},
{
"code": "it",
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"word": "truffare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
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},
{
"code": "it",
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},
{
"code": "it",
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},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "circuire"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
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},
{
"code": "ja",
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"roman": "damasu",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "騙す"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "azamuku",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "欺く"
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{
"code": "jv",
"lang": "Javanese",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "nyolong"
},
{
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"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "fraudō"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "tipu"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "whakateke"
},
{
"code": "ne",
"lang": "Nepali",
"roman": "chakyāunu",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "छक्याउनु"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "rouôler"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "frauduler"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "szwindlować"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "fraudar"
},
{
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "ch'achuy"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "înșela"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obmányvatʹ",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "обма́нывать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obmanútʹ",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "обману́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "mošénničatʹ",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "моше́нничать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "žúlʹničatʹ",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "жу́льничать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "naduvátʹ",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "надува́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nadútʹ",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "наду́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "estafar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "timar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "tangar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "petardear"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "dársela con queso"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "svindla"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "bedra"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "gohng",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "โกง"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "kót gohng",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "คดโกง"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "dolandırmak"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "lừa đảo"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "bashvindlen",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "באַשווינדלען"
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"code": "yi",
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"roman": "opnarn",
"sense": "to defraud someone",
"word": "אָפּנאַרן"
},
{
"code": "ar",
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"roman": "ḡašša",
"sense": "to obtain money or property by fraudulent or deceitful methods",
"word": "غَشَّ"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "jadaʕa",
"sense": "to obtain money or property by fraudulent or deceitful methods",
"word": "جَدَعَ"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to obtain money or property by fraudulent or deceitful methods",
"word": "estafar"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "to obtain money or property by fraudulent or deceitful methods",
"word": "欺騙"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "hei⁴ pin³",
"sense": "to obtain money or property by fraudulent or deceitful methods",
"word": "欺骗"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to obtain money or property by fraudulent or deceitful methods",
"word": "欺騙"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "qīpiàn",
"sense": "to obtain money or property by fraudulent or deceitful methods",
"word": "欺骗"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to obtain money or property by fraudulent or deceitful methods",
"word": "frauderen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to obtain money or property by fraudulent or deceitful methods",
"word": "huijata"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to obtain money or property by fraudulent or deceitful methods",
"word": "entourlouper"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to obtain money or property by fraudulent or deceitful methods",
"word": "escroquer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to obtain money or property by fraudulent or deceitful methods",
"word": "schwindeln"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to obtain money or property by fraudulent or deceitful methods",
"word": "kicsal"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to obtain money or property by fraudulent or deceitful methods",
"word": "svindla"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to obtain money or property by fraudulent or deceitful methods",
"word": "menipu"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to obtain money or property by fraudulent or deceitful methods",
"word": "raggirare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to obtain money or property by fraudulent or deceitful methods",
"word": "truffare"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kataru",
"sense": "to obtain money or property by fraudulent or deceitful methods",
"word": "騙る"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "henshu suru",
"sense": "to obtain money or property by fraudulent or deceitful methods",
"word": "騙取する"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "to obtain money or property by fraudulent or deceitful methods",
"word": "tipu"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to obtain money or property by fraudulent or deceitful methods",
"word": "muremure"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to obtain money or property by fraudulent or deceitful methods",
"word": "trapacear"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obmányvatʹ",
"sense": "to obtain money or property by fraudulent or deceitful methods",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "обма́нывать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obmanútʹ",
"sense": "to obtain money or property by fraudulent or deceitful methods",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "обману́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "to obtain money or property by fraudulent or deceitful methods",
"word": "estafar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to obtain money or property by fraudulent or deceitful methods",
"word": "petardear"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to obtain money or property by fraudulent or deceitful methods",
"word": "trampear"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to obtain money or property by fraudulent or deceitful methods",
"word": "timar"
},
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to obtain money or property by fraudulent or deceitful methods",
"word": "svindla"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "gohng",
"sense": "to obtain money or property by fraudulent or deceitful methods",
"word": "โกง"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "kót gohng",
"sense": "to obtain money or property by fraudulent or deceitful methods",
"word": "คดโกง"
},
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to obtain money or property by fraudulent or deceitful methods",
"word": "söğüşlemek"
},
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to obtain money or property by fraudulent or deceitful methods",
"word": "dolandırmak"
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to obtain money or property by fraudulent or deceitful methods",
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}
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"Swindle (chess)"
],
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}
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"3": "swindeln"
},
"expansion": "Middle High German swindeln",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gmh",
"2": "swindelen"
},
"expansion": "swindelen",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "goh",
"3": "swintiln"
},
"expansion": "Old High German swintiln",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "swintan"
},
"expansion": "swintan",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*swindan",
"t": "to diminish"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *swindan (“to diminish”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "schwindeln"
},
"expansion": "German schwindeln",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "svindel"
},
"expansion": "Danish svindel",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "svindle"
},
"expansion": "svindle",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "zwindelen"
},
"expansion": "Dutch zwindelen",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "zwendelen"
},
"expansion": "zwendelen",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "yi",
"2": "שווינדל"
},
"expansion": "Yiddish שווינדל (shvindl)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nds",
"2": "swinneln"
},
"expansion": "Low German swinneln",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "swinden",
"t": "to languish, waste away"
},
"expansion": "Middle English swinden (“to languish, waste away”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Back-formation from swindler, from German Schwindler, from German schwindeln, from Middle High German swindeln, swindelen, from Old High German swintiln, frequentative of the verb swintan, from Proto-West Germanic *swindan (“to diminish”).\nSee also Modern German schwindeln, Danish svindel and svindle, Dutch zwindelen and zwendelen, Yiddish שווינדל (shvindl), Low German swinneln, Middle English swinden (“to languish, waste away”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "swindles",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "swindle (plural swindles)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1935, G. K. Chesterton, The Scandal of Father Brown",
"text": "[T]he scandal was the pretty common one of a corrupt agreement between hotel proprietors and a salesman who took and gave secret commissions, so that his business had a monopoly of all the drink sold in the place. It wasn't even an open slavery like an ordinary tied house; it was a swindle at the expense of everybody the manager was supposed to serve.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"An instance of swindling."
],
"links": [
[
"instance",
"instance"
],
[
"swindling",
"swindle#Verb"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Anything that is deceptively not what it appears to be."
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Chess"
],
"glosses": [
"An instance wherein a player in a losing position plays a clever move that provokes an error from the opponent, thus achieving a win or a draw."
],
"links": [
[
"chess",
"chess"
],
[
"win",
"win"
],
[
"draw",
"draw"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(chess) An instance wherein a player in a losing position plays a clever move that provokes an error from the opponent, thus achieving a win or a draw."
],
"topics": [
"board-games",
"chess",
"games"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈswɪnd(ə)l/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪndəl"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-swindle.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/98/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-swindle.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-swindle.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/98/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-swindle.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-swindle.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "scheme"
},
{
"tags": [
"British",
"informal",
"mainly"
],
"word": "swizz"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izmama",
"sense": "an instance of swindling",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "измама"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "an instance of swindling",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "estafa"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "an instance of swindling",
"word": "欺詐"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "qīzhà",
"sense": "an instance of swindling",
"word": "欺诈"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "an instance of swindling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "švindl"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "an instance of swindling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zwendel"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "an instance of swindling",
"word": "trompo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "an instance of swindling",
"word": "huijaus"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "an instance of swindling",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "escroquerie"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "an instance of swindling",
"word": "entourloupe"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "an instance of swindling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Schwindel"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "apáti",
"sense": "an instance of swindling",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "απάτη"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "an instance of swindling",
"word": "csalás"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "an instance of swindling",
"word": "becsapás"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "an instance of swindling",
"word": "szélhámosság"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "an instance of swindling",
"word": "átverés"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "an instance of swindling",
"word": "svindli"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "an instance of swindling",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "svindl"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "an instance of swindling",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "svik"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "an instance of swindling",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "frode"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "an instance of swindling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "raggiro"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "an instance of swindling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "imbroglio"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "sagi",
"sense": "an instance of swindling",
"word": "詐欺"
},
{
"code": "kea",
"lang": "Kabuverdianu",
"sense": "an instance of swindling",
"word": "kanbalaxu"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "an instance of swindling",
"word": "penipuan"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "an instance of swindling",
"word": "hara taware"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "an instance of swindling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "chiffonnage"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "an instance of swindling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Schwindel"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "an instance of swindling",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fraude"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obmán",
"sense": "an instance of swindling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "обма́н"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "žúlʹničestvo",
"sense": "an instance of swindling",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "жу́льничество"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "mošénničestvo",
"sense": "an instance of swindling",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "моше́нничество"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "an instance of swindling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "timo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "an instance of swindling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "estafa"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "an instance of swindling",
"word": "pufo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "an instance of swindling",
"word": "engañabobos"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "an instance of swindling",
"word": "engañifa"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "an instance of swindling",
"word": "socaliña"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "an instance of swindling",
"word": "svindel"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "an instance of swindling",
"word": "bedrägeri"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "shvindl",
"sense": "an instance of swindling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "שווינדל"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Swindle (chess)"
],
"word": "swindle"
}
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