swindle
verb (used with object)
to cheat (a person, business, etc.) out of money or other assets.
has been swindling
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present perfect progressiveof swindle (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Even when there has been swindling, it is soon forgiven and forgotten.
From Town Life in Australia by Richard Ernest Nowell Twopeny
“No doubt he is,” replied Sam; “but how will you manage to haul him up and prove that he has been swindling the old woman?”
From The Garret and the Garden by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
"As far as I am concerned there has been swindling, and there is swindling going on now."
From Framley Parsonage by Anthony Trollope
The Argonaut Building Society, into which I had put nearly all the little money I had, has failed; there has been swindling; I am ruined.
From Spiritual Adventures by Arthur Symons
