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   Swin·dle

   /ˈswind(ə)l/

   

   verb

   • 1. use deception to deprive (someone) of money or possessions: "a businessman swindled investors out of millions of dollars"
   • ▪ obtain (money) fraudulently: "he was said to have swindled $62.5 million from the pension fund"

   noun

   • 1. a fraudulent scheme or action: "he is mixed up in a $10 million insurance swindle"

   Word Origin late 18th century: back-formation from swindler, from German Schwindler ‘extravagant maker of schemes, swindler’, from schwindeln ‘be giddy’, also ‘tell lies’.

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   What does swindle mean?

   • swindle (third-person singular simple present swindles, present participle swindling, simple past and past participle swindled) ( transitive) To defraud . The two men swindled the company out of $160,000. ( transitive, intransitive) To obtain ( money or property) by fraudulent or deceitful methods . She swindled more than £200 out of me.

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   What does swindler mean?

   • [Back-formation from swindler, one who swindles, from German Schwindler, giddy person, cheat, from schwindeln, to be dizzy, swindle, from Middle High German, from Old High German swintilōn, frequentative of swintan, to disappear .] swin′dler n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.

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   What is a German word for swindle?

   • See also Modern German schwindeln, Danish svindel and svindle, Dutch zwindelen and zwendelen, Yiddish שווינדל (shvindl), Low German swinneln, Middle English swinden (“to languish, waste away”) . swindle (third-person singular simple present swindles, present participle swindling, simple past and past participle swindled)

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   What is an example of a swindle?

   • swindle (plural swindles) An instance of swindling . [T]he scandal was the pretty common one of a corrupt agreement between hotel proprietors and a salesman who took and gave secret commissions, so that his business had a monopoly of all the drink sold in the place.

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   Another way of looking at it: How many Bernard Madoffs would it take to swindle the US taxpayer out of $1.2 trillion?

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   Back-formation from swindler, from German Schwindler, from German schwindeln, from Middle High German swindeln, swindelen, from Old High German swintiln, frequentative of the verb swintan, from Proto-West Germanic *swindan (“to diminish”). See also Modern German schwindeln, Danish svindel and svindle, Dutch zwindelen and zwendelen, Yiddish שווינדל‎...

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   IPA(key): /ˈswɪnd(ə)l/

   Rhymes: -ɪndəl

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   swindle (third-person singular simple present swindles, present participle swindling, simple past and past participle swindled) 1. (transitive) To defraud. 1.1. The two men swindledthe company out of $160,000. 2. (transitive, intransitive) To obtain (money or property) by fraudulent or deceitful methods. 2.1. She swindledmore than £200 out of me. 3...

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   swindle (plural swindles) 1. An instance of swindling. 1.1. 1935, G. K. Chesterton, The Scandal of Father Brown: 1.1.1. [T]he scandal was the pretty common one of a corrupt agreement between hotel proprietors and a salesman who took and gave secret commissions, so that his business had a monopoly of all the drink sold in the place. It wasn't even a...

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   The meaning of SWINDLE is to obtain money or property by fraud or deceit. How to use swindle in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Swindle.

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   swindle meaning: to get money from someone by cheating or deceiving them: . Learn more.

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   Definitions of 'swindle' If someone swindles a person or an organization, they deceive them in order to get something valuable from them, especially money. [...] More. Pronunciations of 'swindle' American English: swɪndəl British English: swɪndəl. More. Conjugations of 'swindle' present simple: I swindle, you swindle [...]

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   swindle meaning, definition, what is swindle: to get money from someone by deceiving t...: Learn more.