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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
Then Hek recites all the weak points in our logical firewalls that allow conspiracies and swindles to find purchase: Fake news.
He invoked a past prosperity, but his actual plans are to make a fortune by swindling the rest of us.
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.
Trump thinks it’s a scam devised by foreigners to swindle Americans into defending them.
If he can’t take out his rage on Se-mi, maybe the pregnant girlfriend of the man who swindled him will suffice.
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