A swindle is a kind of
fraud
In law, fraud is intentional deception to secure unfair or unlawful gain, or to deprive a victim of a legal right. Fraud can violate civil law (e.g., a fraud victim may sue the fraud perpetrator to avoid the fraud or recover monetary compens ...
or
confidence trick.
Swindle may also refer to:
People
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Swindle (surname) Swindle is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Christina Swindle (born 1984), American swimmer
* Clinton Howard Swindle (1945–2004), investigative journalist and editor for ''The Dallas Morning News'' and author
* Gerald Swindle ...
Places
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Swindle Island, British Columbia, Canada
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Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
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, an asteroid
Films
* ''
Il bidone
''Il bidone'' (, "The Drum .html" ;"title="ontainer/nowiki>">ontainer/nowiki>"; also known as ''The Swindle'' or ''The Swindlers'') is a 1955 Italian film directed by Federico Fellini from his own screenplay co-written with Ennio Flaiano and Tull ...
'' (English titles ''The Swindle'' or ''The Swindlers''), a 1955 Italian film directed by Federico Fellini
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''The Swindle'' (1997 film), a French crime-comedy film directed by Claude Chabrol and starring Isabelle Huppert
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''Swindle'' (2002 film), a crime thriller starring Tom Sizemore and Sherilyn Fenn
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''Swindle'' (2013 film), a television film based on Gordon Korman's book ''Swindle''
Other uses
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Swindle (chess), a ruse by which a chess player in a losing position tricks his opponent
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Swindle (Transformers)
''The Transformers'' is an American animated television series that originally aired from September 17, 1984, to November 11, 1987, in syndication
based upon Hasbro's ''Transformers'' toy line. The first television series in the ''Transformer ...
, several fictional characters in the ''Transformers'' universe
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''Swindle'' (novel), a 2008 children's book by Gordon Korman
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''Swindle'' (magazine), a bi-monthly arts and culture publication from 2004 to 2009
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''The Swindle'' (video game), a 2015 video game
See also
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Swindler (disambiguation)
A swindler is generally a charlatan, a person practicing quackery, fraud, or similar confidence trick in order to obtain money, property, or advantage by pretense.
People
* Swindler (surname), list of people with this name
Media
* The Swindler ...
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''Swindled'' (film), a 2004 Spanish-French thriller
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