swindle
verb (used with object)
to cheat (a person, business, etc.) out of money or other assets.
have been swindling
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present perfect progressiveof swindle.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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You know how we have been swindling in these parts.
From The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 2, 1857-1870 by Mamie Dickens
I'll get after those fellows who have been swindling Wallace.
From The Blazed Trail by Stewart Edward White
