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" [syn:
victimize,
swindle,
rook,
goldbrick,
nobble,
diddle,
bunco,
defraud,
scam,
mulct,
gyp, gip,
hornswoggle,
short-change,
con]
