swindle
swin-dle
verb
To cheat someone out of money or possessions using deception.
"They tried to swindle the elderly man out of his pension."
noun
A dishonest scheme or trick to obtain money or possessions.
"The property deal turned out to be a complete swindle."
Thesaurus
Synonyms: victimize, hornswoggle, short-change, rook, defraud, nobble, con, goldbrick, diddle, scam, bunco, mulct