swindle

Swindle is a slang term meaning to dispossess someone of money or property through fraud or deceit.

[Last reviewed in April of 2026 by the Wex Definitions Team]

Keywords

• lawsuits-court
• criminal law

Wex

• COMMERCE
• commercial activities
• PROPERTY
• property & real estate law
• legal practice/ethics
• business law
• wex definitions
• business sectors
• civil procedure
• commercial transactions
• courts and procedure
• criminal law and procedure
• money and financial problems