n : a fraudulent business scheme [syn: cozenage]
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" [syn: swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, mulct, gyp, con]