swindle
swindle
Definition
swin·dle (swin′dəl)
transitive verb -·dled, -·dling
- to get money or property from (another) under false pretenses; cheat; defraud
- 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
Synonyms
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!
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