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Theft vs Swindle - What's the difference?

theft | swindle |

As nouns the difference between theft and swindle

is that theft is the act of stealing property while swindle is an instance of swindling.

As a verb swindle is

to defraud (someone).

theft

English

(wikipedia theft)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of stealing property.

    • Derived terms

    * petty theft

    Related terms

    * thief * thieve

    See also

    * nick * steal * TWOC

    swindle

    English

    Verb

    (swindl)
  • To defraud (someone).
    • ''The two men swindled the company out of $160,000.
  • To obtain money or property by fraudulent or deceitful methods.

    • Synonyms

    * (to be swindled) be sold a pup * (to defraud) swizz (informal, mainly British)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An instance of .

    • Synonyms

    * scheme, swizz (informal, mainly British)

    Anagrams

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