remedy vs swindle

remedy

noun
  • Something that corrects or counteracts. 

  • A medicine, application, or treatment that relieves or cures a disease. 

  • The accepted tolerance or deviation in fineness or weight in the production of gold coins etc. 

  • The legal means to recover a right or to prevent or obtain redress for a wrong. 

verb
  • To provide or serve as a remedy for. 

swindle

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

  • 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 

  • 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. 

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