Answer to "Swindles" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word CONS , but the solution may also be BILKS which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).

Swindles crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer Likelyness Letters
CONS25 %4
BILKS12 %5
GYPS8 %4
ROOKS7 %5
FLEECES6 %7
RIPSOFF6 %7
SCAMS4 %5
GRIFTS4 %6
DUPES3 %5
DOESIN3 %6
CHEATS3 %6
RIPOFFS3 %7
CHISELS2 %7
BUNKOS1 %6
VICTIMIZES1 %10
PULLSAFASTONEON1 %15
STINGS1 %6
ROBS1 %4
REAMS1 %5
BUNCOS1 %6
CONSOLES1 %8
TREPANS1 %7
DOUBLECROSSES1 %13
COZENS1 %6
JOBS1 %4
TAKESFORAFOOL1 %13
EUCHRES1 %7
FLIMFLAMS1 %9
MULCTS1 %6
BOODLES1 %7

Why may CONS be the right solution?

The answer to "Swindles" is "CONS" because "cons" is a commonly used term for fraudulent schemes or scams.

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Swindles

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.
  • gyp
  • bunco
  • defraud
  • cheat
  • nobble
  • mulct
  • con
  • diddle
  • rook
  • cheats
  • scams
  • frauds

Crossword Answer definitions

CONS noun
  1. A disadvantage of something, especially when contrasted with its advantages (pros).
  2. (abbreviation) conservative
CONS noun
  1. A convicted criminal, a convict.
CONS noun
  1. A fraud; something carried out with the intention of deceiving, usually for personal, often illegal, gain.
CONS noun
  1. An organized gathering such as a convention, conference or congress.
CONS noun
  1. The conversion of part of a building.
CONS noun
  1. A data structure in LISP that is a pair of pointers, car and cdr, used mainly for lists.
CONS verb
  1. To obtain a list from a cons or a nesting of conses; to prepend an element to a list by forming a cons of that element and the list; to obtain a list from a smaller one by repeated application of such kind of prepending.
CONS verb
  1. To study or examine carefully, especially in order to gain knowledge of; to learn, or learn by heart.
  2. To know, understand, acknowledge.
CONS verb
  1. To trick or defraud, usually for personal gain.
CONS verb
  1. To direct a ship; to superintend the steering of (a vessel); to watch the course of (a vessel) and direct the helmsman how to steer (especially through a channel, etc, rather than steer a compass direction).

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