was swindling
- past progressive of swindle.
Example Sentences
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Paw never felt he was swindling the landlords because he always knew that some day he would get back on WPA.
From Time Magazine Archive
It appeared that Coysh had vowed to Royle that he would have no mercy on anybody who was swindling him, no matter who it might be.
From Witching Hill by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)
“I didn’t think I was swindling anybody,” said I evasively.
From Tom, Dick and Harry by Reed, Talbot Baines
