A combination employed by a player with a losing position which converts his position into a win or draw. Such a combination is generally considered to be either avoidable by the opponent or the result of luck.

A combination played by a player who has a `lost' game - usually involving a trap which the opponent could avoid but doesn't - and the `lost' game is saved.

A ruse by which a player in a losing position tricks his opponent, and thereby achieves a win or draw instead of the expected loss.

A trick pulled from an inferior position.

To cheat defraud grossly, or with deliberate artifice; as, to swindle a man out of his property.

The act or process of swindling; a cheat.

deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"