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swindle Definition

swin·dle (swindəl)

transitive verb -·dled, -·dling

  1. to get money or property from (another) under false pretenses; cheat; defraud
  2. to get by false pretenses or fraud

Etymology: back-form. < swindler

intransitive verb

to engage in swindling others

noun

an act of swindling; trick; cheat; fraud

swindle Synonyms

swindle

n.

swindle Synonyms

swindle

v.

dupe, victimize, defraud, cheat; see cheat, deceive. See syn. study at cheat.

swindle Usage Examples

Object

  • money: Many had been arrested for stealing food, some were charged with swindling money in a real estate scam.
  • people: Criminals who swindle elderly people 's savings could be put to work on social services.
  • public: Some people say that he has swindled the public.
  • client: He has no financial means, and resorts to swindling the other clients to meet his need for cash.
  • worker: The Liberal Party is one of the masks which the British capitalists wear in order to swindle the workers.
  • ten: They are alleged to be involved in swindling tens of thousands of pounds out of the Department for Education and Skills ( DfES ).

Converse of object

  • plan: When criminal mastermind Lex Luthor, plans the greatest real estate swindle of all time, Superman is called into action.

Adjective modifier

  • great: The great ID card compromise or the great ID card swindle?
  • real: Meanwhile, Lex Luthor, the world's greatest criminal mind, is plotting the greatest real estate swindle of all time.
  • big: The implication is that capitalism itself is one big swindle ( compare Enron, Maxwell, etc.
  • premier: Ten seasons of the premier league swindle calls for the game to be reclaimed by the fans.
  • financial: Many people lost everything they owned, and the affair became one of the most notorious financial swindles in history.
  • other: Beside this there are numerous other swindles and get-rich-quick schemes primed and ready to catch the unwary and unwise.

Noun used with modifier

  • card: The great ID card compromise or the great ID card swindle?
  • rock'n'roll: An internet superstar - or just another rock'n'roll swindle?
  • estate: Meanwhile, Lex Luthor, the world's greatest criminal mind, is plotting the greatest real estate swindle of all time.
  • league: Ten seasons of the premier league swindle calls for the game to be reclaimed by the fans.
  • roll: Rolling Stone, the greatest rock'n roll swindle forever!