Swindle vs Bamboozle - What's the difference?
swindle | bamboozle |
To defraud (someone).
To obtain money or property by fraudulent or deceitful methods.
(informal) To con, defraud, trick, to make a fool of, to humbug or impose on someone.
* 1851 ,
*:“Look here, friend,” said I, “if you have anything important to tell us, out with it; but if you are only trying to bamboozle us, you are mistaken in your game; that’s all I have to say.”
As verbs the difference between swindle and bamboozle
is that swindle is to defraud (someone) while bamboozle is (informal) to con, defraud, trick, to make a fool of, to humbug or impose on someone.As a noun swindle
is an instance of.swindle
English
Verb
(swindl)- ''The two men swindled the company out of $160,000.