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to swindle
01
to use deceit in order to deprive someone of their money or other possessions
Transitive: to swindle sb
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
swindle
3rd person singular
swindles
Present participle
swindling
Past simple
swindled
Past participle
swindled
Examples
The con artist swindled unsuspecting investors out of millions of dollars by promising high returns on fake investments.
Swindle
01
an act intended to cheat someone out of money or property
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Abstract
Composition
Simple
Countable
Plural form
swindles
Examples
The company was caught in a large-scale swindle involving fake invoices.
Lexical Tree
swindler
swindle
