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swindle
[ swin-dl ]
verb (used with object)
- to cheat (a person, business, etc.) out of money or other assets.
- to obtain by fraud or deceit.
verb (used without object)
- to put forward plausible schemes or use unscrupulous trickery to defraud others; cheat.
noun
- an act of swindling or a fraudulent transaction or scheme.
- anything deceptive; a fraud:
This advertisement is a real swindle.
swindle
/ ˈswɪndəl /
verb
- to cheat (someone) of money, etc; defraud
- tr to obtain (money, etc) by fraud
noun
- a fraudulent scheme or transaction
Derived Forms
- ˈswindler, noun
Other Words From
- swin·dle·a·ble adjective
- swin·dler noun
- swin·dling·ly adverb
- out·swin·dle verb (used with object) outswindled outswindling
Word History and Origins
Origin of swindle1
Word History and Origins
Origin of swindle1
Example Sentences
Flimflam felt better in the mouth than swindle, and rubberneck was a more agreeable verb than crane.
An illegal stock tip is not the same thing as a swindle; but $68 million buys a lot of basketballs and BB guns.
Another way of looking at it: How many Bernard Madoffs would it take to swindle the US taxpayer out of $1.2 trillion?
I know where it claims to be, and I know it is just one big swindle from beginning to end.
He said it was a bad swindle and he knew many others who had lost their money, too, which I thought would please you.
Bois l'Hery's horses were unsound, Schwalbach's gallery was a swindle, Moessard's articles a recognised blackmail.
The whole thing was a cleverly-planned swindle, and unless you can get the bonds back you'll be out the money.
That is true, too,—although I somehow think Merrick is the prime mover in this swindle.
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