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"As far as I am concerned there has been swindling, and there is swindling going on now."

From Framley Parsonage by Trollope, Anthony

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 Symons, Arthur

Even when there has been swindling, it is soon forgiven and forgotten.

From Town Life in Australia by Twopeny, Richard Ernest Nowell

“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 Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)