Swindle

(swĭn'dl), v. t. [imp. & p. p. SWINDLED; p. pr. & vb. n. SWINDLING.] [N. H. Ger. schwindeln, to be dizzy or giddy, to cheat, from schwindel, dizziness, giddiness, from schwinden, to vanish, to dwindle, M. H. Ger. swindeln, O. H. Ger. swintillon, to be dizzy, D. zwindelen, zwendelen, to be dizzy, to swindle.] To cheat and defraud grossly, or with deliberate artifice; as, to swindle a man out of his property.

n. The act or process of defrauding by systematic imposition.