zwendelen — meaning in English

English meaning

• finagle verb To obtain, arrange, or achieve by indirect, complicated and/or intensive efforts.
• swindle verb To cheat someone out of money or property through deception.

Senses

zwendelen is used for these senses in English:

• finagle (ambitransitive) To cheat or swindle; to use crafty, deceitful methods. (often with "out of" preceding the object)
• swindle (transitive) To defraud.

finagle — full definition

1. verb To obtain, arrange, or achieve by indirect, complicated and/or intensive efforts.
2. verb To obtain, arrange, or achieve by deceitful methods, by trickery.
3. verb To cheat or swindle; to use crafty, deceitful methods. (often with "out of" preceding the object)

swindle — full definition

1. verb To cheat someone out of money or property through deception.
2. noun A dishonest scheme designed to cheat people out of money.

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