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swindle - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'swindle' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Swindle [ n.]
- The act or process of swindling; a cheat.
2 . Swindle [ v. t.]
- To cheat defraud grossly, or with deliberate artifice; as, to swindle a man out of his property.

Meaning of 'swindle' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . swindle [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
Example in sentence:
  • that book is a fraud
2 . swindle [ v]
Meaning (2):
- deprive of by deceit
Example in sentence:
  • He swindled me out of my inheritance;
  • She defrauded the customers who trusted her