[n] a fraudulent business scheme
[v] deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"
Synonyms
bunco, con, cozenage, defraud, diddle, goldbrick, gyp, mulct, nobble, rook, swindle, victimize