shvindl

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Definitions

  • n. A swindle, fraud.

  • v. To swindle, cheat.

Example Sentences

  • "And why was the bad one older so that the younger one had to shvindel (outwit) him in order to get what was necessary for him to fulfill the RBSO’s plan?" (source)

  • "When employees went to his E. 64th Street 'dire' (apartment), he revealed his business was a fraud ('shvindl') and that he was 'finished,' that he owned 'absolutely nothing.'" (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • שװינדל shvindl

      • Who Uses This

      • Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
      • Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).

      Alternative Spellings

      shvindel, schvindl, schvindel

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