swindle
verb (used with object)
to cheat (a person, business, etc.) out of money or other assets.
have swindled
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present perfectof swindle.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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Much the cross-examination Thursday was spent delving in to the financial wrongdoing, with Murdaugh saying he was sorry to have swindled millions from people.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 23, 2023
Anyone who hears someone say something like “I’m not interested in discussing my medical history with you today, thanks” and thinks “Wow, she must have swindled somebody” is making a wildly unreasonable leap.
From Slate ● Mar. 20, 2021
Officials say that Lloyd, Carr may have swindled investors out of as much as $75 million over the past 18 months.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Don't you know, then, that I have swindled you?"
From Hunger by Knut Hamsun
You and Dan have swindled Don out of enough money already; and now I'll tell you what's a fact——” David did not finish the sentence.
From The Boy Trapper by Harry Castlemon
