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swindles

  • plural
    of swindle.
    swindle
    verb (used with object)
    to cheat (a person, business, etc.) out of money or other assets.
  • present tense form
    of swindle (3rd person singular).
    swindle
    verb (used with object)
    to cheat (a person, business, etc.) out of money or other assets.

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Americans are awash in scams, and while some swindles originate overseas, they are increasingly coming from closer to home.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026

Then Hek recites all the weak points in our logical firewalls that allow conspiracies and swindles to find purchase: Fake news.

From Salon ● Feb. 7, 2025

In addition, the researchers found that scammers were creating fake profiles on Facebook so they could run weight-loss-drug swindles there.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2024

"Inflation swindles the bond investor ... it swindles the person who keeps their cash under their mattress, it swindles almost everybody," Buffett said.

From Reuters ● Apr. 30, 2022

On the contrary, C. & H. pronounced them, on the test of a London accountant, 'mere swindles.'...

From Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. I by Edmund Downey