Swindling; defrauding. “Deceitful practices in defrauding or endeavoring to defraud another of his known right, by some willful device, contrary to the plain rules of common honesty." Hawk. P. G b. 2, c. 23, | 1. “The fraudulent obtaining the property of another by any deceitful and Illegal practice or token (short of felony) which afTects or may affect the public.” Steph. Crim. Law, 93
Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
