Reverse Dictionary: SWINDLE

ADJECTIVES
► CONY-CATCHING cheating, swindling → L16 cant
► HAD ON TOAST done, swindled → 1886 sl.
► OKEY-DOKE deceitful, swindling → 1975 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.
► PURSE-MILKING thieving, swindling → 1621 colloq., obs.
► SKELDERING begging, sponging, swindling → 1601 cant obs. exc. arch.
► SNOOKERED cheated; swindled  → 1910s sl.
► SWINDLEABLE vulnerable to being defrauded or swindled; gullible → 1876
► TAKE-IN deceptive, swindling → 1819
► TRICKSY inclined to swindle or cheat; deceitful, underhanded → 1766

NOUNS
► BAD DEAL ill-treatment, exploitative or unfair usage; a swindle → 1912 US sl. 
► BANCO ► BUNCO ► BUNKO a swindle perpetrated by means of card-sharping or some form of confidence trick → 1876 US sl.
► BAT-FOWLING swindling, victimizing the simple → 1602 sl. obs.
► BEAT a swindle → 1930 US criminals’ sl.
► BURWASH a swindle, for fun or profit → 1983 UK 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.
► COBWEB RIG a form of swindle or confidence trick → L18 UK criminals’ 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.
► CROSSBITE a cheat, trick, swindle, deception → 1591 obs.
► 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 → 1900 Sc. (Bk.)
► DODGE a scam, a swindle → 1638 UK sl.
► FAKE a dodge, a sham, a swindle, some form of fraudulent money-making scheme; a dishonest stratagem or action → 1829 sl.
► FAKEMENT robbery or swindling → 1812 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 → 1934 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.
► FLIM a swindle; a fraud → 1912 US criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
► GASUMPH ► GAZOOMPH ► GAZUMP ► GAZUMPH ► GEZUMPH 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.
► 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.
► GYPPERY dishonest activity, swindling → 20C US sl.
► GYP RACKET swindling, fraud → 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 → 1902 Sc. (Bk.)
► 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 → 1896 sl. (Bk.)
► LURCH a cheat, a swindle → 1533 obs.
► 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.
► MOCK a sham, cheat, swindle; a falsehood → 1821 Sc.
► 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.
► NUTSHELL RACKET a swindling game in which a small object is concealed under a walnut shell or the like; the manipulator then moves the shells around at speed, and bets are med on the shell under which the object is found → 1888 US sl.
► O FOR OCTOBER a swindle worked at races and at country fairs → c1870 sl.
► OKEY-DOKE a swindle, a confidence trick → 1964 African-American sl.
► 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. 
► PETER FUNK AUCTION a swindle → 1854 Amer.
► PUSH a swindle; a robbery → 1874 sl., obs.
► 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.
► RIG a dishonest or fraudulent scheme or enterprise; a trick, a swindle; something used to deceive or defraud a person → 1640 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.
► SHELL GAME a swindling game in which a small object is concealed under a walnut shell or the like; the manipulator then moves the shells around at speed, and bets are made on the shell under which the object is found → 1887
► 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.
► SWINDLEDOM the world of swindlers or swindling → 1847
► SWINDLERSHIP a being a swindler → 1862
► SWIZ a fraud; a swindle → 1984 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► SWIZZLE a swindle → 1984 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► 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.
► WATER-HAUL a cheat, a swindle → 1882 Amer.

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 → 1698 obs. (Bk.)
► 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 ► CHISLER one who cheats, swindles, or uses unethical practices → 1918 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.
► CROSSBITER a cheat, a swindler → 1592 obs.
► 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 → 1909 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.
► FORTUNE BITER a sharper, a swindler → 1698 US
► FOY a swindler → L16 sl.
► FUNK a cheat, a swindler → L19 US criminals’ sl.
► GALTER a racehorse swindler; a gambler → 1848 UK criminals’ 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.
► GAME ‘UN a person, esp. a man, living dishonestly, as a burglar, swindler, etc. → c1840 UK 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 ► GILENYER ► GILLENYER ► GILEYNOUR ► GILLEYNOUR a deceitful person; a cheat, a swindler; a miser → 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.
► GULL-GROPER a person who swindles an unsuspecting person → 1602
► 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 → 1896 sl. (Bk.)
► 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 → 19C 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.
► LURCHER one who pilfers or filches in a mean fashion; a petty thief, a swindler, a rogue → 1528
► MACE a confidence trickster; a swindler → 1781 sl.
► MACE-COVE a swindler → 1810 US sl.
► MACE-GLOAK a confidence trickster; a swindler → 1812 sl.
► MACEMAN a swindler → 1780 US sl.
► MACER a swindler → 1820 sl.
► MACING-COVE a swindler → 1861 sl.
► MAG a street swindler or thief, esp. one who preys on gullible countrymen → 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; a street swindler; a confidence man → 1838 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.
► NIPPER a thief, a swindler → 1881 Aust. & US sl.
► NOTE LAYER  short-change swindler → 1949 sl.
► OIL MERCHANT a smooth-talking swindler → 1935 US sl. 
► OPERATOR a thief, a swindler → 1709 sl.
► PEA AND SHELL MAN a person who operates a ‘shell game’ → 1941 sl.
► PICKER-UP a thief or a swindler ‘picking up’ an unwary person → 1812 sl., obs.
► PIGEON a person easily swindled or tricked, esp. in gaming → L16 sl.
► PIGEONER a swindler or a sharper → 1849 colloq.
► 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
► RING-FALLER a swindler who pretends to have found a dropped ring and then offers to sell it → 1575 obs.
► RUTTER a member of a gang of swindlers → 1591 obs.
► SAMFAI ► SAMFI ► SAMFIE MAN ► SAMFI-MAN a swindler; a confidence trickster → 1943 Jamaican sl.
► 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 → 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
► SHEEP-SHEARER a swindler, a confidence trickster → 1608 UK sl.
► SHELL MAN a person who operates a ‘shell game’ → 1890 US sl.
► SHELL SPIELER a person who operates a ‘shell game’ → 1896 US sl.
► SHELL WORKER a person who operates a ‘shell game’ → 1896 US sl.
► SHELL WROUGHTER a person who operates a ‘shell game’ → 1922 Aust. sl.
► SHUFFLER a grifter; a con artist; someone who swindles people out of money through fraud → 1974 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► 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
► SKANKER a deceitful, untrustworthy person; a swindler, a cheat → 1973 orig. Caribbean
► 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.
► SOAKER a swindler → 1991 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► SPIELER a gambler, a card-sharp, a professional swindler → 1859 sl., orig. US
► SWINDLERDOM swindlers collectively → 1865
► SWIZZLER a swindler → 1936 sl.
► 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.

NOUNS – PERSON – OTHER
► COUSIN the victim of a swindler; a dupe → 1555 cant obs.
► 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.
► GIP ► GYP ► JIP the victim of a swindle → 1914 Amer. sl.
► MAGSMAN an assistant for a street swindler or pickpocket → M19 sl.
► PUNTER the victim of a swindler or confidence trickster → 1934 sl.
► SCORE the victim of a theft or swindle → colloq.

PHRASES
► HE COULDN’T LIE STRAIGHT IN BED said of a compulsive liar, swindler, or cheat → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)

VERBS
► ACE to manipulate someone, esp. through flattery or deception; to swindle or cheat a person out of something  → 1929 US sl.
► ACE OUT to fool someone; to swindle someone → 1933 US sl.
► BALANCE to swindle → 1940 Aust. 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.
► BITE to cheat, to swindle, to deceive, to take in → 1709 colloq.
► BORE A PERSON’S NOSE to cheat or swindle a person → 1577 obs.
► BUBBLE to cheat; to deceive; to swindle → 1981 Aust. colloq., arch. (Bk.)
► BUNCO ►  BUNKO orig. to cheat someone at bunco; to swindle, to cheat → 1875 US sl.
► BURN to swindle, to cheat → 1808 sl.
► CALDEE ► CALDEES ► CHALDEE 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.
► 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 A FLANKER to swindle, to double-cross → 1923 UK sl.
► DO to swindle, to cheat, to deceive → 1641
► 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 cheat, to deceive, to swindle, to counterfeit → 1838 sl.
► FAKE THE DUCK to adulterate drink; to swindle, to cheat → c1830 criminals’ sl.
► FAKE UP to cheat, to deceive, to swindle, to counterfeit → 1874 sl.
► FIDDLE to swindle, to cheat → 1604 sl.
► FLAM to swindle, to fool, to deceive → 1637
► FLAP to rob; to swindle → 1893 thieves’ sl. (Bk.)
► FLAP A JAY to swindle a greenhorn; to dupe → 1885 sl.
► FLEECE to swindle, to cheat, esp. to overcharge → 1772 sl.
► FLIM to swindle; to defraud → 1912 US criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
► GAFF to cheat or defraud; to swindle → 1811 sl.
► GASUMPH ► GAZOOMPH ► GAZUMP ► GAZUMPH ► GEZUMPH to swindle, to cheat → 1928 Brit. sl.
► GIG to cheat, to swindle → 1945 US Western usage (Bk.)
► GIP ► GYP  ► JIP 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. 
► GROPE A GULL to swindle an unsuspecting person → 1601 obs.
► GUZZLE to swindle → 1848 Amer. sl.
► GYPPO ► JIPPO 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.
► HAVE SOMEONE ON to tease, to hoax, to engage someone’s attention with the longer term intention of deceiving them; to swindle, to cheat → M19 sl.
► 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.
► 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.
► LAY THE NOTE to swindle, to short-change → 1928 US criminals’ sl.
► LEACH to cheat, to swindle → 1902 Eng. dial.
► LOSE OUT to be swindled or merely fooled → L19 Aust. sl.
► MACE to swindle, to defraud → 1790 UK sl.
► MAG to cheat by flattery or insincere talk; to swindle → 1859 Amer. criminals’ sl.
► NICK to cheat, to swindle → 1576 sl.
► NOBBLE to use illicit methods to obtain a person’s help, to swindle, to influence, or to corrupt → 1856 sl.
► NURSE to cheat, to swindle → 1785 sl.
► OKEY-DOKE to swindle, to deceive → 1996 Amer. sl., esp. African-American
► PIGEON to deceive grossly; to dupe; to swindle → 1675
► PIN to swindle, to cheat → 1934 Aust. sl.
► PLANT  to swindle, to deceive; to play a trick → 1930 sl.
► PLAY A FLANKER  to swindle, to double-cross → 1923 UK sl.
► PLAY ONE FOR A JAY to dupe; to swindle → 1896 sl. (Bk.)
► PULL A FAST ONE to execute or attempt a deception; to achieve a clever fraud or swindle → 1933 Amer. sl.
► PULL A FLANKER to swindle, to double-cross → 1923 UK 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 criminals’ 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.
► SELL A PERSON A PUP to swindle a person, esp. by selling something of little worth on its supposed prospective value → 1901
► SELL SMOKE to act dishonestly; to swindle → 1599 
► SEW SOMEONE UP to swindle, to cheat → 1838 sl.
► SHARK to swindle a person → a1650 obs.
► 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.
► SHAVE to strip a person of money or possessions by fraud, extortion, etc.; to swindle → LME now colloq.
► SHEEP-SHEAR to ‘fleece’, to swindle → 1618 obs.
► SHOW A POINT TO to swindle; to act dishonourably towards → L19 NZ colloq.
► SHUCK to deceive; to swindle  → 1975 US sl. (Bk.)
► 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.
► STICK to cheat; to swindle, to overcharge → 1699 sl.
► STIFF to swindle, to defraud → 1950 US sl.
► STING to cheat, to swindle, to defraud; to swindle, esp. by overcharging → 1812 US 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 → 1904 thieves’ sl. (Bk.)
► SWARTWOUT to swindle and abscond → 1839 Amer.
► SWEEDLE to swindle by wheedling → 1909 sl., obs.
► SWIZ ► SWIZZ to trick by swindling, to subject to disappointment → 1961 Brit. sl.
► SWIZZLE to swindle → 1984 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► 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.
► 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 swindle, to double-cross → 1923 UK 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.