yench

yench

slang To be deceived, swindled, or defrauded. The con artist managed to yench the wealthy widow out of her entire fortune. I got yenched by my bank a few years ago when they tricked me into signing up for a mortgage with interest rates that inflated out of control.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

yench

(jɛntʃ)
tv. to swindle someone; to victimize someone. (Underworld.) The flimflam artist yenched a couple of banks and then moved on.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • there's one born every minute
  • scammered
  • there's a sucker born every minute
  • clipped
  • easy mark
  • get snowed
  • snowed
  • con job
  • never give a sucker an even break
  • never give a sucker an even chance
References in periodicals archive
Foreign Minister of Kyrgyzstan Erlan Abdyldayev met with Head of the UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia, Ambassador Miroslav Yench.
During the meeting, Abdyldayev congratulated Yench on the reception of the Dank high state award of Kyrgyzstan.
In connection with the new appointment of Yench as the UN Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs, Abdyldayev wished him success in the work on his new position.