fiddle (someone) out of (something)

fiddle (someone) out of (something)

To steal something from someone through a cheat, swindle, or con. Primarily heard in UK. That dirty lawyer managed to fiddle my family out of thousands of dollars of inheritance money.
See also: fiddle, of, out
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • do (someone) out of (something)
  • do out of
  • chisel out of
  • chiseled
  • chisel
  • chisel (something) out of (someone)
  • chisel (one) out of (something)
  • chisel (something) from (one)
  • beguile (someone) out of (something)
  • beguile out of