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• past participle of swindle.
• past tense form of swindle.

swindled

American  

[swin-dld] / ˈswɪn dld /

adjective

Jewelry.

1. (of a gem) cut so as to retain the maximum weight of the original stone or to give a false impression of size, especially by having the table too large.

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Etymology

Origin of swindled

swindle + -ed ²

Example Sentences

Swindled out of a horse and watch—More help from Mr. Keefer—How I got even in the watch trade—My patent right trip to Michigan and Indiana—Its results—How a would-be sharper got come up with.

From Twenty Years of Hus'ling by Denslow, W. W. (William Wallace)

"Swindled the Company by letting his friends ride free, eh?" said the Bibliomaniac.

From The Wit and Humor of America, Volume IX (of X) by Wilder, Marshall Pinckney

Swindled them all, skivvies and badhachs from the county Meath, ay, and his own kidney too.

From Ulysses by Joyce, James

Swindled several other people as well," said Sir Reginald, "myself included.

From Simon by Clouston, J. Storer (Joseph Storer)