swindle
verb (used with object)
to cheat (a person, business, etc.) out of money or other assets.
had swindled
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past perfectof swindle.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Police officials in Gujarat said over the weekend that they had broken up the scheme, which was run by four local men who had swindled thousands of dollars from Russian bettors for 14 days.
From New York Times ● Jul. 12, 2022
In 2016 an Arizona man tipped off the Riverside County district attorney's fffice that Wohl and his business partner, Matt Johnson, 30, had swindled him out of $75,000 he invested through Wohl Capital Investment Group.
From Salon ● May 15, 2020
Then, in 1980, the band filed a $200 million lawsuit against Mr. Stigwood, saying he had swindled them out of royalties.
From New York Times ● May 21, 2012
Almost 100 of the people he had swindled signed affidavits calling for Mr. Hansen to be spared from prison.
From Washington Post
Business associates, friends, and family eventually abandoned Guiteau when they discovered he had swindled them.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
