swick

• sweck, sweek, swyk

From Old Scots swik (“deceit”), from Middle English swik, swic (“deceit”), from Old English swic (“deception, illusion”), from Proto-Germanic *swiką (“deception, deceit”), from Proto-Indo-European *sweyg- (“to bend, turn, sway, swerve, dodge”). Cognate with Danish svig (“fraud, deceit, deception”), Norwegian svik (“betrayal”), Icelandic svik (“fraud, deceit, deception, betrayal”).

swick (plural swicks)

1. deceit; fraud
2. A trick; an act of cheating or swindling

From Middle English swiken (“to deceive”), from Old English swīcan and swician (“to deceive, cheat, swindle, wander”), related to English swike. More at swike.

swick (third-person singular present swicks, present participle swickin, past swickt, past participle swickt)

1. To cheat; swindle; deceive