swindle
verb (used with object)
to cheat (a person, business, etc.) out of money or other assets.
has swindled
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present perfectof swindle (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Being considered is Musk's claim that Altman - with whom he founded OpenAI - has swindled him out of millions of dollars and reneged on the ChatGPT-maker's original non-profit mission.
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026
So you can depend he has swindled you and I; do not trust him farther than you can see him, and recommend him in the right numbers.
From Secret Band of Brothers A Full and True Exposition of All the Various Crimes, Villanies, and Misdeeds of This Powerful Organization in the United States. by Jonathan Harrington Green
"I think that Professor Riccabocca has swindled us all," answered Philip promptly.
From The Young Musician ; Or, Fighting His Way by Horatio Alger
Mr. Larkins, who keeps his private account just as his master kept the public accounts, has swindled from the Company a whole year's expenses of this college.
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 12 (of 12) by Edmund Burke
Mine were all the rights of social intercourse, craft by craft, that India, stony-hearted step-mother of collectors, has swindled us out of.
From American Notes by Rudyard Kipling
