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swindle

[ swin-dl ]

verb (used with object)

swindled, swindling.
  1. to cheat (a person, business, etc.) out of money or other assets.

    Synonyms: , , , ,

  2. to obtain by fraud or deceit.


verb (used without object)

swindled, swindling.
  1. to put forward plausible schemes or use unscrupulous trickery to defraud others; cheat.

noun

  1. an act of swindling or a fraudulent transaction or scheme.
  2. anything deceptive; a fraud:

    This advertisement is a real swindle.

swindle

/ 藞蝉飞瑟苍诲蓹濒 /

verb

  1. to cheat (someone) of money, etc; defraud
  2. tr to obtain (money, etc) by fraud
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a fraudulent scheme or transaction
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞蝉飞颈苍诲濒别谤, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 蝉飞颈苍路诲濒别路补路产濒别 adjective
  • 蝉飞颈苍路诲濒别谤 noun
  • 蝉飞颈苍路诲濒颈苍驳路濒测 adverb
  • 辞耻迟路蝉飞颈苍路诲濒别 verb (used with object) outswindled outswindling
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of swindle1

First recorded in 1775鈥85; back formation from swindler ( def )
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of swindle1

C18: back formation from German Schwindler, from schwindeln, from Old High German 蝉飞颈苍迟颈濒艒苍, frequentative of swintan to disappear
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The con artist in Ritter鈥檚 novel is a young woman with a murky past and visions of absconded riches who is ensnared in an elaborate swindle that recalls David Mamet at his most labyrinthine.

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This is just one of the many ways in which these compounds swindle billions of dollars around the world.

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Then Hek recites all the weak points in our logical firewalls that allow conspiracies and swindles to find purchase: Fake news.

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He invoked a past prosperity, but his actual plans are to make a fortune by swindling the rest of us.

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Bannon's populism is as fake as Trump's, as evidenced by the way he makes money by swindling the working-class Republican voters he claims to champion.

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