Reverse Dictionary: SWEL – SWINF

SWELL, SWELLED SWELLING – ADJECTIVES
– BAGGIT bulging, swelled out …1843 Sc.
– BASHY fat, swelled …1790 Eng. dial.
– BELLYING swelling, bulging out …a1700
– BOLDIN swelled …Bk1911 Sc.
– BOULDEN swelled, inflated …Bk1911 Sc.
– BOUZY big, swelling, distended; fat, overgrown …Bk1911 Sc.
– EXTUBERANT swelling or standing out; protuberant …1578 rare
– EXTUBEROUS swelling out, protuberant …1706 obs.
 
SWELL etc. – NOUNS
– AMPER an inflamed swelling, a pustule; a varicose vein; matter, pus …1790 Eng. dial.
– BELLYING a swelling or bulging out …1662
– BOLGAN a swelling that becomes a boil or pimple …Bk1911 Sc.
– BONK a small swelling on the head caused by a sharp blow …1966 Amer. dial.
– BOWDING swelling …Bk1911 Sc.
– BUNCH a swelling or protuberance of the skin; a cyst …1857 Amer. dial.
– CAWL a swelling from a blow …Bk1886 Eng. dial.
– ERCLE a small swelling, a watery blister; a pimple, a sore place …1876 Eng. dial.
– EVIL an ill, complaint, illness; a swelling on the neck or other local affliction …1683 Eng. dial.
– EXTUBERANCE something that swells out or up; a swelling, protuberance …1607
– EXTUBERANCY a swelling out …1634 obs.
– EXTUBERATION something that swells out or up; protuberance …1615 obs.
– FELON a severe inflammation or swelling, usually in a finger or toe and often involving a bone …1840 Amer. dial.
– FELONY a hard, painful swelling, often on a finger, that seems to come from deep under the skin …1969 Amer. dial.
– GAFF a protuberance or swelling of any kind …1969 Amer. dial.
– HEAVE a swelling or rising up; rhythmical rising and falling, as of waves, the breast, etc.; an effort to vomit; a throw …a1571
– KNUB a small knob or lump; a nugget; also, a swelling or protuberance on the body …1563 rare
– KNULE a lump, a swelling, an excrescence …1824 Sc. & Eng. dial. rare
– MOUSER a lump or swelling caused by a blow; a black eye …1860 Amer. dial.
– NIRLOCK a small swelling on the skin …1887 Sc. DSL online
– OBTUMESCENCE a swelling up; swollen condition …1657 obs. rare
– RAISING a boil, an abscess, or other swelling …1966 Amer. dial.
– RISIN’ a boil, ulcer, tumour, swelling …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– WALE a tumour; a large swelling …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
SWELL etc. – VERBS
– ABLOW to puff up, to swell …c1000 obs.
– BEAL to suppurate, to fester; to cause to swell; to raise the flesh in blisters …1611 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial.
– BEELD to swell, to suppurate …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– BELL to swell up …a1225 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– BELL to cause to swell or bulge out …1870
– BELLEN to swell …Bk1852 obs.
– BELLY to bulge out, to swell out  …1624
– BEPUFF to puff or blow out; to swell; hence, to flatter, to praise greatly …1843
– BOLDEN to swell …1953 Amer. dial.
– BOULDEN to swell …1953 Amer. dial.
– BOUND OUT to swell out; to enlarge …Bk1911 Sc.
– BOYN to swell …Bk1914
– EXTUBERATE to swell …1623 obs. rare
– EXUBERATE to swell out or up …1623 obs. rare
– GAGGER to cut or wound deeply with the idea of a ragged edge; to cause to project, swell up …Bk1900 Sc.
– GATHER HEAD to acquire strength; also, to swell as a festering sore …1590
– GO OUT of a swelling: to go down …1983 Amer. dial.
– GUMFIATE to puff up, to cause to swell …1821
– HEAVE to swell, to become swollen, to distend; to puff up, to cause to swell …1766 Sc. & Eng. dial.  
– PAGGLE to bulge, to swell out as a bag; to hang loosely, to dangle …c1590 obs.
– STROUT to swell out …Bk1886 Eng. dial.
– SWEDDLE to swell …Bk1825 Eng. dial.
– THRUMP to swell, to thicken …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– TO-BELL to swell exceedingly …c1200 obs.
– TYMPANY to swell or puff up; to inflate; to distend …Bk1901 obs.
– UNBOLNE of a swelling: to go down; to subside …a1425 obs. rare
– VAIL of a swelling: to go down, to subside …c1450 obs.
 
SWELTER, SWELTERING – ADJECTIVES
– QUELSTRING of the weather: hot, sultry; sweltering …1777 Eng. dial.
– QUELTERING of the weather: hot, sultry; sweltering …1777 Eng. dial.
– QUELTRING of the weather: hot, sultry; sweltering …1777 Eng. dial.
– QUILSTERING of the weather: sweltering, close, hot, sultry …1777 Eng. dial.
– SOULTERING;  SULTERING sweltering, sultry …1581 obs.
– SWOLTERY sultry, sweltering …1603 obs. rare
 
SWELTER etc. – VERBS
– SOULTER;  SULTER to swelter …1581 obs.
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SWERVE – VERBS
– to swerve back and forth; to wobble YEE-YAW 1935 Amer. dial.
– to swerve or digress CANCELEER a1697
– to swerve, to turn in a certain direction BIND Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
SWIFT, SWIFTLY, SWIFTNESS – ADJECTIVES
– CELERIPEDEAN swift-footed, nimble-heeled …1656 obs.
– FEATHER-FOOTED moving silently and swiftly …1565
– FEATHER-HEELED moving silently and swiftly …a1600
– HASTIF speedy, swift …1382 obs.
– HASTIVE speedy, swift …1382 obs.
– HASTY speedy, quick, expeditious; swift, rapid; sudden …c1340 arch.
– PERNICIOUS rapid, swift, quick …a1656 rare
– RANK having great speed or force; swift; impetuous; violent …a1225
– SKEET swift, active …c1400 obs.
– SKELPING swift …1607 Eng. dial.
– SUDDEN of persons: swift in action, quick to perform, prompt, expeditious …1591 obs.
– TITE quick, swift …c1400 obs.
– VELOCIOUS rapid, swift …1680 rare
– YERN swift, rapid; brisk, lively; nimble, active …a1300 obs.
 
SWIFT etc. – ADVERBS
– BOOKITY-BOOK quickly, swiftly …1935 Amer. dial.
– HELL-BENT AND CROOKED in a swift, disorderly, excited manner …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– LIKE A BIG-ASSED BIRD swiftly …1945 US sl.
– LIKE A BIRD with swift and easy motion onwards; easily; without resistance, difficulty, or hesitation …1873
– LIKE A STREAK with the swiftness of lightning …1839 sl.
– LIKE OLD BOOTS quickly, swiftly …1850 sl.
– LIKE SHIT OFF A SHOVEL extremely fast, swift, prompt …1998 UK sl.
– LIKE THE MILL TAIL O’ THUNDER in a swift, disorderly, and excited manner …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– LIKE THE MILLTAILS OF HELL in a fast and violent manner, swiftly …1923 Amer. dial.
– QUICK-FOOT in haste, swiftly …1891
– QUICK QUIDDER swiftly, quickly …1866 Sc.
– QUICK-AND-QUIDDER * swiftly, quickly …1633 Sc.
– QUIDDER swiftly, quickly, esp. of sudden vanishing …1866 Sc.
– RATHE denoting rapidity in the performance or completion of an action; quickly, rapidly, swiftly, esp. without delay, promptly, soon …c825 obs.
– RATHELY quickly, rapidly, swiftly …a950 obs.
– SKEETLY swiftly; immediately …a1400-50 obs.
– TANTIVY at full gallop; swiftly, quickly, hastily; headlong …1641 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– TANTWIVY at full gallop; swiftly; headlong …1785 obs.
– VELOCIOUSLY rapidly, swiftly …1680 rare
– YERNE quickly, swiftly, rapidly, fast, briskly, at a great rate …a1023 obs.
 
SWIFT etc. – NOUNS
– HASTINESS quickness, swiftness, rapidity; suddenness …c1330 obs.
– RAPTNESS swiftness …1597 obs.
 
SWIFT etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– CELERIPEDEAN one who is swift-footed …1623 obs.
– DARTER a person or animal that darts or moves swiftly …1818
– HARE a person likened to a hare in some way, as in swiftness or timidity …ME
– HAREFOOT a nickname for a swift-footed person …c1410
– PACER a person who goes at a great pace …1864 colloq.
– VELOCIPEDE a person who moves swiftly or quickly …1822
 
SWIFT etc. – VERBS
– BALL THE JACK to move rapidly or swiftly; to make haste; to go fast (said esp. of a railroad train); to work swiftly or energetically …1913 Amer. sl.
– BIN to move or run swiftly …Bk1911 Sc. 
– BINNER to move swiftly, to dash, to rush; to work with noise and energy …1803 Sc. & N. Ireland
– JACULATE to dart, to hurl; to dart forward; to move swiftly and suddenly …1623 rare
– LASH to move swiftly and suddenly; to make a sudden movement, to dash, to rush …c1330
– SCREEVE;  SCRIEVE;  SKRIEVE to move or glide swiftly along …1789 Sc.
– VUNG to whizz, to move swiftly; to cause a humming or buzzing sound by this movement …1790 Sc. 
 
SWIG – NOUNS
– a swig, a gulp GUZZLE 1920s sl.
 
SWIM, SWIMMER, SWIMMING – ADJECTIVES
– NATANT swimming, floating …1753
– NATATILE able to swim …1721 obs. rare
– NATATIONAL relating to swimming …1883
– NATATORIAL belonging to swimming …1816
– NATATORY belonging to swimming …1836
– NATATORY characterized by swimming …1887
 
SWIM etc. – NOUNS
– AUAU swimming, bathing …1938 Hawaii
– BOGEY a swim or bath in a creek, waterhole, dam, etc. …Aust. sl.
– BOGEY a swimming hole …Aust. sl.
– BOGEYHOLE a swimming hole …Aust. sl.
– BOMB a jump into water with the knees tucked into the chest and the arms clasped about the knees, with the intent of making a large splash, esp. to annoy nearby swimmers …Aust. sl.
– BUCK BATHING nude swimming …1931 Amer. dial.
– DARK AND DIM a swim …20C Aust. rhyming sl.
– DIP a short swim …1843 UK sl.
– LIDO a public open-air swimming pool …Brit.
– NATATION the act or art of swimming …1623
– NATATORY a swimming-bath, a pool …c1400 obs.
– SKINNY-DIP a nude swim …1960s US colloq.
– WASH-HOLE an area of comparatively deep water in a stream, used for bathing or swimming; a swimming hole …1872 Amer. dial.
– WASHING bathing, swimming …1897 Amer. dial.
– WASHING HOLE an area of comparatively deep water in a stream, used for bathing or swimming; a swimming hole …1894 Amer. dial.
– WASHUP a swimming hole; a large pool area in a large stream …1978 Amer. dial.
 
SWIM etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– FANNY-DIPPER a swimmer, as opposed to a surfer …Bk2006 US sl.
– FANNY-DUNKER in surfing: a wader or swimmer …1968 surfing sl.
– ICEBERG someone who regularly takes an early morning swim throughout the winter; anyone who braves the water on a cold morning …1932 Aust. sl.
– ICEBERGER one who swims in the sea all year round …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
– NATATIONIST a swimmer …1891
– SALT SUCKER an individual from the Midwest who forgets to close his or her mouth when he or she swims in the ocean …Bk2006 Amer. college & university sl.
– SHARKBAIT someone who swims much further out to sea than other swimmers …1920 Aust. colloq.
– SKINNY-DIPPER a person who swims in the nude …1970s sl.
– WALRUS an awkward person; one who cannot swim; also, one who does not know how to dance …c1935 Amer. student sl. 
 
SWIM etc. – VERBS
– AUAU to swim; to bathe in the sea or a stream …1938 Hawaii
– BOGEY to take a bath or swim in a ‘bogeyhole’ …Aust. sl.
– BOGIE to take a bath or swim in a ‘bogeyhole’ …Aust. sl.
– BOMB to jump into a pool, waterhole, etc., in a tucked up position so as to create a large splash …Aust. sl.
– DARK AND DIM to swim …20C Aust. rhyming sl.
– GO IN WASHING to go swimming …1861 Amer. dial.
– SKINNY-DIP to swim in the nude …1966 US colloq.
 
SWIMMING POOL – NOUNS
– a swimming pool PLUNGE 1908 Amer. dial.
– a swimming pool PLUNGE BATH c1905 Amer. dial. 
 
SWIMWEAR – NOUNS
– BAGGIES loose-legged boxer swimming trunks worn by surfers; baggy shorts or trousers …1963 Amer sl., orig. surfing usage
– BANANA HAMMOCK a bikini for a male …Bk2006 US sl.
– BATHERS swimming costume …1945 Aust. 
– BUTT FLOSS a thong bathing costume …Bk2006 US sl.
– BUTT THONG a thong bathing costume …Bk2006 US sl.
– CHECK as a prank, to pull down a friend’s bathing suit from behind …1997 US sl.
– CJ’s a pair of men’s close-fitting and revealing nylon swimming trunks; ‘Cock Jocks’ …2003 Aust. sl.
– COSSIE;  COZZIE a swimming costume …1926 Aust.
– DICK POINTERS a pair of men’s close-fitting and revealing nylon swimming trunks …2003 Aust. sl.
– DICK POKERS a pair of men’s close-fitting and revealing nylon swimming trunks …2003 Aust. sl.
– DPs a pair of men’s close-fitting and revealing nylon swimming trunks (Dick Pointers or Dick Pokers) …2003 Aust. sl.
– FLOSS a thong-backed bikini bottom …1991 US sl.
– RACERS close-fitting nylon swimwear used for competitive swimming …2003 Aust. sl.
– SLUG HUGGERS a pair of men’s close-fitting and revealing nylon swimming trunks …2003 Aust. sl.
– SLUGGO an extremely skimpy bikini …1991 Aust. sl.
– SLUGGOS tight-fitting men’s nylon swimming briefs …1987 Aust. sl.
– SPEEDOS tight-fitting male swimming briefs …1990s Aust. sl.
– TOGS a swimming costume …1930 Aust. & NZ colloq.
– TRUNKS swimming shorts …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
 
SWIMWEAR – NOUNS, PERSON
– BEACH BETTY a bikini-clad bathing beauty …Bk2006 Amer. lifeguards’ sl.
– BEACH BUNNY an attractive young woman who frequents the beach, esp. to watch surfing …1952 colloq., orig. & chiefly US
 
SWINDLE, SWINDLED, SWINDLER, SWINDLING – ADJECTIVES
– CONY-CATCHING cheating, swindling …L16 cant
– HAD ON TOAST done, swindled …1886 sl.
– OKEY-DOKE deceitful,  swindling …1970s US criminals’ sl.
– ON THE ABBEY engaged in a swindle involving clergy impersonation …1992 US sl.
– ON THE FIDDLE engaged in swindling or deception …1874 sl.
– ON THE HUSTLE engaged in a career of swindling …1997 US sl.
– ON THE MAKE engaged in theft or swindling …1868 US criminals’ sl.
– SKELDERING begging, sponging, swindling …1601 cant obs. exc. arch.
– SNOOKERED cheated; swindled  …1910s sl.
– TAKE-IN deceptive, swindling …1819
– TRICKSY inclined to swindle or cheat; deceitful, underhanded …1766
 
SWINDLE etc. – NOUNS (also see confidence trick)
– BAD DEAL ill-treatment, exploitative or unfair usage; a swindle …1912 US sl. 
– BAT-FOWLING swindling, victimizing the simple …1602 sl. obs.
– BANCO a swindle perpetrated by means of card-sharping or some form of confidence trick …1876 US sl.
– BUNCO;  BUNKO deceit, deception, swindling, fraud; a swindle perpetrated by means of card-sharping or some form of confidence trick …1876 US sl.
– CANOEVRE an attempt at swindling or a similarly dubious enterprise …E19 sl.
– CARPET GAME a swindle in which the swindler holds and then steals the wallet of a customer going to see a non-existent prostitute …1967 US sl.
– CARVE-UP deception, swindling, fraud, often implying an unfair distribution …1935 Brit. sl.
– CHISEL a method of cheating or swindling …1941 Amer. sl.
– CON deception, swindling, fraud …1901 sl., orig. US
– CON GAME deception, swindling, fraud …1899 sl., orig. US
– CON JOB deception, swindling, fraud …1942 sl., orig. US
– CONY-CATCHING trickery; cheating; swindling …L16 cant
– CROSS a fraud or swindle …sl.
– CUNNY-CATCHING trickery, cheating, swindling …L16 sl.
– DAISY BEAT a cheat or swindle or minor crime …1889 rhyming sl.
– DAISY CHAIN a confidence swindle where funds from successive victims are used to keep the swindle alive with the earlier victims …1985 US sl.
– DEAD GIVEAWAY a swindle, a deception …L19 sl., orig. US
– DEAD-NIP a complete swindle …Bk1900 Sc.
– DODGE a swindle; a scam; a deception …Bk2006 US sl.
– FAKE a dodge, a sham, a swindle, some form of fraudulent money-making scheme; a dishonest stratagem or action …1829 sl.
– FAKEMENT any act of robbery or swindling …19C sl.
– FANCY-LAY any form of swindling or robbery …1910s UK criminals’ sl.
– FAST SHUFFLE a swindle; a deceptive act …1930 US sl.
– FAST STUFF cheating, swindling …1930s sl.
– FIDDLE deception, swindling, fraud …1874 sl., orig. US
– FLANKER a trick or swindle, a hoax …1923 Brit. sl., orig. services’ usage
– FLAT-CATCHING swindling …1821 sl.
– GASUMPH deception, swindling, fraud …1932 Brit. sl.
– GAZOOMPH deception, swindling, fraud …1932 Brit. sl.
– GAZUMP deception, swindling, fraud …1932 Brit. sl.
– GAZUMPH deception, swindling, fraud …1932 Brit. sl.
– GEORGIA SCUFFLE a swindle which fails because the intended victim is not smart enough to be swindled …1992 US sl.
– GEZUMPH deception, swindling, fraud …1932 Brit. sl.
– GIG a criminal act; a swindle …20C sl.
– GYP an act or method of swindling; a swindle or fraud; an act of deception; a hoax; a purchase made at an exorbitant price or the item so purchased; broadly, an unfair action; a bitter disappointment …1898 colloq.
– GYP RACKET swindling, fraud …20C US sl.
– GYPPERY dishonest activity, swindling …20C US sl.
– HAVE a swindle …1805 sl.
– HUSTLE a swindle; a hoax; a get-rich-quick scheme …1943 sl., orig. US criminals’ usage
– HYPE deception, cheating; a confidence trick, a racket, a swindle, a publicity stunt …1955 sl., orig. US
– INSOOK a bad bargain; a fraud, a swindle …Bk1902 Sc.
– INTAKE a fraud, deception, swindle, cheat …1808 Sc. 
– JACK-UP a fraudulent or dishonest practice or arrangement; a trick, a hoax, a swindle …1945 NZ sl.
– JIG a swindle …Bk1896 sl.
– LURCH a cheat or swindle …M16 sl.
– MACE a swindle, usually involving fraudulent offers of credit; confidence tricks; robbery by fraud …1742 sl.
– MAG, THE confidence trickery, swindling …L19 UK criminals’ sl.
– MAGGING confidence trickery, swindling …M19 sl.
– MAKE a successful theft or swindle …1860 sl.
– NOB the game of prick-the-garter, a form of swindling game, in which one pricked a belt with large needle: presumably betting on the odds of hitting a given target …M18 sl.
– O FOR OCTOBER a swindle worked at races and at country fairs …c1870 sl.
– OKEY-DOKE a swindle, trick or deception; a confidence trick  …1967 sl., esp. Black usage
– OLD ARMY GAME, THE any ruthlessly played or unfair gambling game, esp. poker, or the shell game; any swindle  …1890 US sl.
– PADDING confidence trickery; swindling …L17 sl.
– PAPER – promotional literature produced as part of a telephone sales swindle …1988 US sl. 
– PAUCHLE – a swindle, a piece of trickery …1963 Sc. 
– RACKET a swindle or a means of deception; criminal trickery; hoaxing; a trick, dodge, scheme, game, line of business or action …1812 sl.
– RAG STORE a big con swindle in which the lure is the promise of wealth from stocks traded based on allegedly inside information …1969 US sl.
– RAMP any form of swindle or fraud; a swindle or racket involving charging exorbitant prices …1812 sl.
– RAMPING a defrauding, or swindling; cheating, fraud …1830
– RAMPS a faked-up argument or similar commotion intended to disguise a swindle or confidence trick …1910s sl.
– RAW PRAWN, THE something which is hard to swallow or difficult to believe; an act of deception, a swindle …1940 Aust. colloq.
– READY a swindle; a conspiracy …L19 Aust. sl.
– READY-UP a swindle, conspiracy, or fraud …1924 Aust. sl.
– REGULAR SELL a consummate swindle …1850 colloq.
– RIP-OFF deception, swindling, fraud …1970 sl.
– SCAM a con-trick, swindle or racket, often specifically a fraudulent bankruptcy …1963 sl., orig. US
– SHAVE an act or instance of swindling or extortion; a swindle …M19 colloq.
– SKEFF a confidence swindle …1975 Trinidad and Tobago
– SKIN GAME deception, swindling, fraud …1868 US sl.
– SKULL a confidence swindle …1979 Trinidad & Tobago
– SPIEL a swindle or dishonest line of business …1901 sl.
– STRIKING a robbery, swindle, picking a pocket, or imposition …1591 sl.
– TAKE a swindle …1930s Aust. sl.
– TAKE-DOWN a swindle; a deception …L19 sl.
– TAKE-IN a cheat, swindle, deception; a hoax, a fraud …1778 colloq.
– TWEEDLE a swindle or confidence trick, esp. one involving counterfeit goods (originally a ring) …1925 sl.
– TWENTIES a swindle featuring a twenty-dollar note …1952 US sl.
– VERNEUKERY defrauding, swindling …1896 S. Afr. sl.
– WALKAWAY the final step in a confidence swindle, in which the swindlers walk away with the victim’s money …1981 US sl.
 
SWINDLE etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– ABBEY a swindler who impersonates a priest …1950 US sl.
– ACID MAN a swindler …1926 sl.
– ALIAS MAN a confidence swindler …1961 Jamaica sl.
– ANGEL an innocent; a prospective victim of a swindle …1935 Amer. dial.
– BAMBOOZLER one who hoaxes or mystifies by trickery; a trickster; a swindler; a cheat or sharper …1702
– BANCO-STEERER a swindler …1876 US sl.
– BARNACLE the member of a team of swindlers who poses as an independent individual, ostensibly having no knowledge of their new companions but keenly ready to befriend the victim, often pretending to be drunk …1591 UK sl. obs.
– BARNARD the member of a gang of swindlers who acts as a decoy; a lurking scoundrel; a sharper …1532 obs.
– BARON a swindler who defrauds hotels or firms, who sends goods to his hotel to be checked to his account …Bk1945 criminals’ sl. 
– BAT-FOWLER a swindler, a sharper who makes victims of the simple or credulous …1602 sl. obs.
– BEARER-UP a gambling cheat; a swindler; a decoy-duck at cards who induces strangers to play with sharpers by persuasion or by seeing him win …1873 UK sl.
– BEAT a swindler; a confidence trickster …1863 sl.
– BEAT ARTIST a swindler …1971 Amer. police sl.
– BERNARD the member of a gang of swindlers who acts as a decoy; a lurking scoundrel; a sharper …1532 obs.
– BESTER one who gets the better of others by dishonest or fraudulent means; a swindler, a sharper, a cheater …1856 sl. rare
– BILK a person who bilks or cheats; a cheat; a swindler …1790 UK criminals’ sl.
– BILKER a swindler …1717 Eng. sl.
– BITE a sharper, a swindler, a cheat, an impostor …Bk1698 obs.
– BLACK HANDER a person involved in Black Hand methods of extortion (a method used by members of the Italian-American criminal underworld); a swindler, terrorist, or extortionist …1905 US hist.
– BLACK-LEG a swindler, esp., a swindling bookmaker …1767
– BUNCO a swindler …1879 US sl.
– BUNCOER a swindler, a cheat …1904 US sl.
– BUNCOIST a swindler, a cheat …1894 US sl.
– BUNCO-STEERER a swindler …1876 US sl.
– BURGLAR a swindler, a bribe-taker …1920s US sl.
– BURNER a swindler …1838 US sl.
– CHISELLER one who cheats, swindles, or uses unethical practices …1918 sl.
– CHISLER one who cheats, swindles, or uses unethical practices …1926 Amer. sl.
– CHIZ a swindler …1981 US circus & carnival usage
– CLIP ARTIST a petty thief or swindler …1941 US sl.
– COGGER a sharper, cheat, deceiver, swindler, one who beguiles …1580
– CONNEROO a confidence swindler …1949 US sl.
– CONY-DOG one who assists in cheating or swindling …L17 cant
– CORBIE a swindler; one who ‘rooks’ another …1818 Sc.
– CROOK one whose conduct is crooked; a dishonest person; a swindler, a sharper; a professional criminal or an associate of criminals …1879 colloq.
– DADDY at mock raffles, lotteries, etc., the Daddy is an accomplice, most commonly the getter up of the swindle, and in all cases the person that has been previously arranged to win the prize …19C UK criminals’ sl.
– DECOY a swindler, a sharper; an impostor or ‘shark’ who lives by his wits at the expense of his dupes …1618 obs.
– DUDDER a swindler; a con artist …1988 Aust. sl.
– DUFFER a swindler who sells merchandise that is alleged to be contraband …1742 criminals’ sl.
– FAKE a thief; a swindler; a charlatan; a confidence trickster …1881 Amer. sl.
– FAKER a swindler; a charlatan; a vendor of cheap or worthless articles, esp. on street corners or at fairs; broadly, a crook …1881 sl.
– FASTIDIOUS COVE a fashionable swindler who poses as a member of the class he deceives …L19 sl.
– FAWNGUEST one who robs or swindles another under the guise of friendship …1602 obs.
– FILE an experienced swindler …1812 sl.
– FLASH a showy swindler; a blustering vulgarian …1632 sl.
– FOY a swindler …L16 sl.
– FUNK a cheat, a swindler …L19 US criminals’ sl.
– GALTER a racehorse swindler; a gambler …1848 UK criminals’ sl.
– GAME ‘UN a person, esp. a man, living dishonestly, as a burglar, swindler, etc. …c1840 UK sl.
– GAMER a pimp; a confidence trickster; one who lives by their wits; a person engaged in swindles and hustles as a way of life …1975 sl.
– GAMMONING COVE a swindler; a confidence trickster …1828 UK criminals’ sl. obs.
– GANEF;  GANOF a thief, a crook; a swindler; a gangster; an amateur pickpocket …1839 criminals’ sl.
– GARTEN-MAN one who operates the swindling game of ‘prick-the-garter’ …1857 Sc. obs.
– GARTEN-PRICKER one who operates the swindling game of ‘prick-the-garter’ …1831 Sc. obs.
– GAUGER a swindler, a cheat …1819 sl.
– GEE a swindler’s accomplice planted in a crowd; e.g. to start bidding …1898 sl.
– GEE-MAN a swindler’s accomplice planted in a crowd; e.g. to start bidding …1898 sl.
– GEE-UP a swindler’s confederate who leads others to spend their money …1899 Aust. sl.
– GENNAUF a thief, swindler, gangster, or pickpocket …1839 criminals’ sl.
– GIELANGER;  GILAINGER a deceitful person; a cheat, a swindler; a miser …1590 Sc. obs.
– GILENYER;  GILLENYER a deceitful person; a cheat, a swindler …1590 Sc. obs.
– GILEYNOUR;  GILLEYNOUR a deceitful person; a cheat, a swindler …1590 Sc. obs.
– GILLIE-WET-FOOT a worthless fellow, a swindler, one who gets into debt and runs off …1808 Sc. obs.
– GILLIE WET SOLE a worthless fellow, a swindler, one who gets into debt and runs off …1897 Sc. obs.
– GIP a swindler, a cheat; a crook …1889 Amer. sl.
– GIP ARTIST a short-changer or other swindler …1935 Amer. sl.
– GIPPER a cheat, a swindler …1898 US sl.
– GRAFTER a pickpocket, a thief, a swindler, a crook …1866 criminals’ sl.
– GUY a person who acts as a decoy in a confidence game; also, a petty swindler …1850 Amer. criminals’ sl.
– GYP a thief or a swindler; one who charges an exorbitant price for goods or services; a cheat; a crook …1728 colloq., orig. criminals’ usage, sometimes offensive
– GYP ARTIST a short-changer or other swindler; a cheat; a crook …1889 Amer. sl.
– GYP MOLL a female swindler …20C US sl.
– GYPSTER a swindler, a cheat; a crook …1889 Amer. sl.
– HAWK one who preys on others; a rapacious person; a sharper, swindler, or cheat; one who is keen and grasping …1548
– INTAKE a person who cheats, a swindler …1808 Sc. 
– JIG a swindler …Bk1896 sl.
– JIP a swindler, a cheat; a crook …1889 Amer. sl.
– JIVE-ASS a swindler …1964 US sl.
– JOSTLER a petty swindler …1965 Amer. criminal sl.
– LEATHER-HEAD a swindler …B1900 Can. sl.
– LEGS a swindler, esp. a swindling bookmaker …1815 depreciative usage
– LONGSHOE a cunning or sophisticated fellow, esp. a pimp or confidence swindler …1955 US criminals’ sl.
– LUGGER in a big store confidence swindle: someone who assigned to provide background ambience, an extra …1931 US sl.
– MACE a confidence trickster; a swindler …1781 sl.
– MACE-COVE a confidence trickster; a swindler …1823 sl.
– MACE-GLOAK a confidence trickster; a swindler …1812 sl.
– MACEMAN a confidence trickster; a swindler …1859 sl.
– MACER a swindler …1819 sl.
– MAG a street swindler or thief, esp. one who preys on gullible countrymen …M19 sl.
– MAGSMAN a street swindler; a confidence man …1838 sl.
– MAGSMAN an assistant for a street swindler or pickpocket …M19 sl.
– MAGSMAN the king of the 19th century swindlers, a fashionable swell who appeared as sophisticated a figure as those on whom he preyed …M19 sl.
– MAN-EATER a swindler …1920s sl.
– MOBSMAN a member of a gang of criminals; a dressy swindler or pickpocket, esp. formerly, one who operates in a crowd …1843 UK criminals’ sl.
– MONEY-DROPPER a swindler who, dropping counterfeit money, gets good change from some ‘flat’ …1748 cant
– MOROCCO MAN an agent of an insurance broker who issued side bets (known as ‘insurances’) on the outcome of the lottery; a swindler who travels among the poor to sell them illegal lottery insurance …1796 con artists’ sl. obs.
– MOSKER a person who pawns articles for more than their real value; a swindler who specializing in defrauding pawnbrokers …1883 sl. rare
– MURPHY DOG a swindler …1990s sl.
– OIL MERCHANT a smooth-talking swindler …1935 US sl. 
– OPERATOR a thief or swindler …E18 sl.
– PIGEON a person easily swindled or tricked, esp. in gaming …L16 sl.
– RACKETEER a person, esp. a member of a gang or crime syndicate, who earns money through a dishonest or illegal business, typically involving extortion, intimidation, or violence; a swindler or extortionist …1924 orig. US
– RAMP a racecourse swindler; hence, any swindler …L19 sl.
– RICK a swindler’s accomplice planted in a crowd; e.g. to start bidding …1928 sl.
– RING-DROPPER a swindler who pretends to have found a dropped ring and then offers to sell it …1780 rare
– RING-FALLER a swindler who pretends to have found a dropped ring and then offers to sell it …1575 obs. rare
– SCALER a fraudster or cheat; a swindler; someone who ‘scales’ a train or tram (avoids paying one’s fare) …1915 Aust. & NZ sl. 
– SCAMMER a person who earns his living dishonestly, esp. by his wits, as a confidence man, swindler, smuggler, fraudster, etc. …1972 sl., orig. US
– SCAMP a cheat, a swindler …1821 sl.
– SCANDAROON a swindler, a fraudulent dealer, a defrauder …1631 obs.
– SHARK someone who unscrupulously exploits or swindles others …1599
– SHARP a swindler; often applied to a fraudulent card player or other gambler …1797 colloq.
– SHARPER a person who habitually cheats, swindles, or tricks another; often applied to a fraudulent card player or other gambler …1681 colloq.
– SHARPIE a swindler …1942 sl., orig. US
– SHARPSTER a person who habitually cheats, swindles, or tricks another, esp. in card games …M20 colloq., chiefly US
– SHUFFLER a grifter; a con artist; someone who swindles people out of money through fraud …Bk1974 Amer. sl.
– SINGER in a confidence swindle: a participant who passes information about the false enterprise to the victim …1985 US sl.
– SKAMMER a swindler …1980 sl., orig. US
– SKINNER a cheat, a swindler, a dishonest person …1887 Amer. dial.
– SLICKSTER a swindler …1965 US sl.
– SNIDE;  SNYDE a cheat or swindler …1919 sl.
– SPIELER a gambler, a card-sharp, a professional swindler …1859 sl., orig. US
– TAKE a swindler or confidence trickster …1945 Aust. & NZ sl.
– TAKE-DOWN a deceiver or cheat; a thief; a swindler; a confidence man …1926 Aust. sl.  
– TAKE-IN a cheat; a deceiver; a swindler …1779 sl. 
– TAKER-UP a member of a gang of swindlers …1591 obs.
– TAP-MAN a cheat, a swindler …1933 US criminals’ sl.
– TOUT in a confidence swindle or sales scheme: an agent who, for a commission, locates potential victims …1988 US sl.
– TUG a swindler; a fraudulent card player or other gambler …1896 Aust. sl.
– TWEEDLER a swindler or confidence trickster …1925 sl.
– TWISTER a swindler or deceitful person …1897 Brit. sl.
– VERNEUKER a defrauder, a swindler …1905 S. Afr. sl.
– VERSER one of a gang of cozeners or swindlers …c1550 cant obs.
– WHEADLE a trickster, a swindler, or card-sharper …1675 criminals’ sl. 
– WIRE TAPPER a swindler who coerces victims into gambling on horses and purchasing stock based on fraudulent information that he falsely claims he is privy to due to his influence with those people who have access to inside information …Bk1992 criminals’ sl. 
– YACKER a swindler working on a phony investment scam by telephone …1988 US sl.
– YANK a cheater, a swindler …1866 sl.
– YANKEE a cheater, a swindler …1905 US sl.
– YAP a petty swindler …1989 sl.
– YENTZER a cheater; a swindler; one who cannot be trusted …1934 criminals’ sl.
 
SWINDLE etc. – NOUNS, PERSON, VICTIM
– GIP;  GYP;  JIP the victim of a swindle …1914 Amer. sl.
– SCORE the victim of a theft or swindle …colloq.
 
SWINDLE etc. – NOUNS, PERSON, OTHER
– GEE the accomplice of a cheapjack or showman; one who ‘gees up’ the potential customers into a sideshow, strip-club, confidence trick, etc.; a swindler’s accomplice planted in a crowd, as to start bidding …1898 sl.
 
SWINDLE etc. – VERBS
– ACE OUT to fool someone; to swindle someone …1933 US sl.
– BAMFOOZLE to fool or swindle; to confuse …1851 Amer. dial.
– BEAT to cheat; to swindle; to bilk; to trick …1849 Amer. sl.
– BEAT ONE’S WAY to get along by sponging, cheating, or swindling …1873 Amer. sl.
– BEAT SOMEONE OUT OF SOMETHING to swindle, to cheat …1849 US sl.
– BORE A PERSON’S NOSE to cheat or swindle a person …1577 obs.
– BUNCO;  BUNKO orig. to cheat someone at bunco; to swindle, to cheat …1875 US sl.
– BURN to swindle, to cheat …1808 sl.
– CALDEE(S) to trick; to swindle …M17 sl.
– CARVE SOMEONE UP to swindle, to cheat …1933 Brit. sl.
– CARVE UP to swindle an accomplice out of a share …1937 UK sl.
– CHALDEE to trick; to swindle …M17 sl.
– CHISEL to cheat, to act deceitfully, to defraud, to swindle …1808 sl.
– CHIZZLE to cheat, to act deceitfully, to defraud, to swindle …1858 Amer. sl.
– CLIP to swindle; to rob, to steal …E20 sl., orig. US
– CUT INTO to approach someone and draw them into a swindle; to introduce someone to something …1940 US sl.
– DAISY BEAT to cheat, to swindle …19C Brit. rhyming sl.
– DIDDLE to swindle, to deceive; to cheat; generally denotes petty cheating …1806 sl., chiefly Brit.
– DO to swindle, to cheat, to deceive …1641
– DO A FLANKER to trick, to swindle …1920s sl.
– DUD to fool or deceive; to swindle …1970 Aust. sl.
– EMPTY to trick, to swindle …L19 UK criminals’ sl.
– EUCHRE to defeat; to outwit; to swindle; to cheat, to trick …1853 Amer. dial.
– FAKE to trick, to fool; to cheat; to swindle; to deceive …1859 sl.
– FAKE THE DUCK to adulterate drink; to swindle, to cheat …c1830 criminals’ sl.
– FIDDLE to swindle, to cheat …1604 sl.
– FLAM to swindle, to fool, to deceive …1637
– FLAP to rob; to swindle …Bk1893 thieves’ sl.
– FLAP A JAY to swindle a greenhorn; to dupe …1885 sl.
– FLEECE to swindle, to cheat, esp. to overcharge …1772 sl.
– GAFF to cheat or defraud; to swindle …1811 sl.
– GASUMPH to swindle, to cheat …1928 Brit. sl.
– GAZOOMPH to swindle, to cheat …1928 Brit. sl.
– GAZUMP to swindle, to cheat …1928 Brit. sl.
– GAZUMPH to swindle, to cheat …1928 Brit. sl.
– GEZUMPH to swindle, to cheat …1928 Brit. sl.
– GIP to cheat; to defraud; to deceive; to charge exorbitantly; to swindle; to renege on one’s debts …1880 Amer. colloq.
– GOLD-BRICK to swindle, to cheat …1902 sl., orig. & chiefly US
– GREEN OUT to swindle …1913 Amer. dial. 
– GUZZLE to swindle …1848 Amer. sl.
– GYP to cheat; to defraud; to deceive; to charge exorbitantly; to swindle; to renege on one’s debts …1880 Amer. colloq.
– GYPPO to cheat, to swindle; to exploit for one’s labour …1925 Amer. sl.
– GYPSY to cheat; to defraud; to deceive; to charge exorbitantly; to swindle; to renege on one’s debts …1880 Amer. colloq.
– HONEY-FUGGLE to dupe, deceive, cheat, swindle; to act in an underhand manner in order to deceive …1829 Amer. dial.
– HOOK to snare, to entice, or to swindle a victim; to persuade with deception or flattery; to trick; to defraud …c1730 Amer. sl.
– HORNSWOGGLE to swindle, to cheat …1829 sl., orig. US
– HORSE to trick or deceive; to swindle; also, to hoax, to bluff, to flatter, to lie to …1891 US sl.
– HUSSLE;  HUSTLE to practice swindling or petty theft …M19 sl.
– IKE to swindle, to cheat …1932 US sl., offensive
– IKEY;  IKY to swindle, to cheat …1932 US sl., offensive
– JACKET to cheat; to swindle; to betray …1819 sl.
– JIP to cheat; to defraud; to deceive; to charge exorbitantly; to swindle; to renege on one’s debts …1880 Amer. colloq.
– JIPPO to cheat, to swindle …1920s Amer. sl.
– KIFE to swindle …1931 US circus and carnival usage
– LACE to swindle …a1971 US sl.
– LAM to swindle …L19 Aust. sl.
– LANCE to swindle …1908 US sl.
– LOSE OUT to be swindled or merely fooled …L19 Aust. sl.
– MACE to swindle; to defraud; to cheat …1790 UK sl.
– MAG to cheat by flattery or insincere talk; to swindle …1859 Amer. criminals’ sl.
– OKEY-DOKE to swindle, to deceive …1996 Amer. sl., esp. Black usage
– PIN to swindle, to cheat …1934 Aust. sl.
– PLAY ONE FOR A JAY to dupe; to swindle …Bk1896 sl.
– PULL A FAST ONE to execute or attempt a deception; to achieve a clever fraud or swindle …1933 Amer. sl.
– PULL A FLANKER to trick, to swindle …1920s sl.
– PULL A SWIFTIE; PULL A SWIFTY to execute or attempt a deception; to achieve a clever fraud or swindle; to play a deceptive trick …1945 Aust. sl.
– QUEER to impose on, to swindle, to cheat …1797 sl.
– RAMP to defraud or swindle; to rob; to force one to pay a pretended bet  …1812 sl.
– REAM to swindle, to cheat …1914 US sl.
– RIM to cheat, to swindle, to defraud; to treat dishonestly …1937 Amer. dial.
– ROGUE to deal dishonestly with; to swindle …M19
– ROOK to swindle, to cheat, esp. to overcharge …1590 sl.
– SALT to swindle someone by baiting them …1950 US sl.
– SCALE to swindle, to cheat; to fail to pay what is owed …1904 Aust. & NZ sl.
– SCALP ONE FOR A JAY to dupe, to swindle …1890 sl.
– SCAM to swindle, to cheat …1963 sl., orig. US
– SCREW to swindle, to cheat …1900 sl., chiefly Amer.
– SEW SOMEONE UP to swindle, to cheat …1838 sl.
– SHARK to swindle a person …a1650 obs. rare
– SHARK ON to prey like a sharp upon; to victimize, to sponge upon, to swindle; to oppress by extortion …a1596 obs.
– SHARP to cheat, swindle or trick a person, esp. at cards …L17 colloq.
– SHARP to obtain by swindling, to steal …L17 colloq.
– SHAVE to strip a person of money or possessions by fraud, extortion, etc.; to swindle …LME now colloq.
– SING in a big store confidence swindle: to provide false information to the intended victim …1997 sl.
– SKELDER to swindle, to cheat, to defraud a person; also, to obtain money by cheating …1601 cant obs. exc. arch.
– SKIN to cheat or swindle; to strip of clothing or money; to victimize …1819 Amer. sl.
– SKIN ONE OUT OF HIS EYE TEETH to cheat, to swindle …1907 Amer. dial.
– SKUNK to swindle, to cheat …1890 sl.
– SNOOKER to trick, to cheat; to swindle …1900s sl.
– STING to swindle, esp. by overcharging …1905 sl.
– STITCH SOMEONE UP to swindle, esp. by overcharging …1977 Brit. sl.
– STUN OUT OF THE REGULARS to swindle a man of his share of booty …Bk1904 thieves’ sl.
– TAKE to swindle, to cheat, to deceive, to extort money from; to victimize …M19 sl.
– TAKE A WOODEN NICKEL to accept gullibly; to be swindled …1915 sl.
– TAKE DOWN to cheat, to swindle, to rob …M19 sl., orig. Aust.
– TAKE SOMEONE FOR A RIDE – to swindle or deceive someone …1925 US sl. 
– TAKE WOODEN MONEY to accept gullibly; to be swindled …1915 sl.
– TONY to make a fool of; to fool, to cheat, to swindle …a1652 obs. rare
– TWEEDLE to swindle people or play confidence tricks …1925 sl.
– TWO-TIME to swindle, to cheat …1959 sl.
– UNCLE to cheat or swindle of something …a1592 obs.
– VERNEUK to cheat, to humbug, to swindle …1871 S. Afr. sl.
– W to cheat, to swindle …1900s sl.
– WAKE UP to become aware that you are being swindled …1969 US sl.
– WHIP to swindle …1859 sl. obs.
– WORK A FLANKER to trick, to swindle …1920s sl.
– WORK A READY to effect a swindle …1942 Aust. sl.
– WORK THE MACE to swindle …M18 sl.
– YENTZ to swindle, to cheat, to deceive …1930 US sl.