thimblerig vs swindle

thimblerig and swindle both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
thimblerig	Yes	No	No	No
swindle	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, swindle is a hypernym of thimblerig; that is, swindle is a word with a broader meaning than thimblerig:

thimblerig: a swindling sleight-of-hand game; victim guesses which of three things a pellet is under
swindle: the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme

Other hypernyms of thimblerig include cheat, fraud, rig.

thimblerig (noun)	swindle (noun)
a swindling sleight-of-hand game; victim guesses which of three things a pellet is under	the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme

thimblerig (verb)	swindle (verb)
	deprive of by deceit