ploy vs swindle

ploy

noun
  • A tactic, strategy, or scheme. 

  • Sport; frolic. 

verb
  • To form a column from a line of troops on some designated subdivision. 

swindle

noun
  • when a player in a losing position plays a clever move that provokes an error from the opponent, thus achieving a win or a draw 

  • Anything that is deceptively not what it appears to be. 

  • An instance of swindling. 

verb
  • for a player in a losing position to play a clever move that provokes an error from the opponent, thus achieving a win or a draw 

  • To defraud. 

  • To obtain (money or property) by fraudulent or deceitful methods. 

How often have the words ploy and swindle occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )