swindling
- present participle of swindle.
Example Sentences
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Swindling her way into a life of luxury, Sorokin deceived Manhattan’s elite into believing she was a German heiress worth 60 million euros.
From New York Times • Feb. 12, 2022
Swindling some, going to bat for others and never really getting anywhere in the process.
From Washington Times • Oct. 21, 2015
Swindling angels held it up in the scales; it did not weigh so much as a web of gossamer.
From The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing by Ruskin, John
Swindling and cheating are inseparable from our modern conditions, and certain government institutions, such as high indirect taxes, are direct incentives thereto.
From Woman under socialism by De Leon, Daniel
Swindling, of course, but perfectly legal swindling, nothing to be done about it.
From In the Year of Jubilee by Gissing, George
