swindle🔊

To defraud.

To obtain (money or property) by fraudulent or deceitful methods.

(chess) For a player in a losing position to play a clever move that provokes an error from the opponent, thus achieving a win or a draw.

An instance of swindling.

Anything that is deceptively not what it appears to be.

(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.