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 ...

confidence trick A confidence trick is an attempt to defraud a person or group after first gaining their trust. Confidence tricks exploit victims using their credulity, naïveté, compassion, vanity, confidence, irresponsibility, and greed. Researchers have def ...

. Swindle may also refer to:

People

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

Swindle Island Swindle Island is an island on the North Coast of the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is located south of Princess Royal Island on the Inside Passage shipping route. The small First Nations community of Klemtu is located on its eastern ...

, British Columbia, Canada *

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, an asteroid

Films

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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 * ''The Swindle'' (1997 film), a French crime-comedy film directed by Claude Chabrol and starring Isabelle Huppert * ''Swindle'' (2002 film), a crime thriller starring Tom Sizemore and Sherilyn Fenn * ''Swindle'' (2013 film), a television film based on Gordon Korman's book ''Swindle''

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Swindle (chess) In chess, a swindle is a ruse by which players in a losing position trick their opponent and thereby achieve a win or draw instead of the expected loss. It may also refer more generally to obtaining a win or draw from a clearly losing position. ...

, a ruse by which a chess player in a losing position tricks his opponent *

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 * ''Swindle'' (novel), a 2008 children's book by Gordon Korman * ''Swindle'' (magazine), a bi-monthly arts and culture publication from 2004 to 2009 * ''The Swindle'' (video game), a 2015 video game

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