swindle

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++swin·dle1 /ˈswɪndl/ verb [transitive]  CHEATto get money from someone by deceiving them 诈骗，欺诈，骗取〔钱财〕 SYN cheatswindle somebody out of something a businessman who swindled investors out of millions of pounds 一个诈骗了投资者数百万英镑的商人 —swindler noun [countable]→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

swindle• When they were doing business and Fong knew he was being swindled, he had nothing but bald hatred for the Ismaili.• The agent tried to swindle him out of his deposit and Marc's trying to sort it out.• And Fakhru will appreciate my method of operating because has not Fakhru on many occasions swindled me?• He swindled only himself and his unsuspecting family.• Investors have been swindled out of millions of pounds.• He used to swindle people out of their land.• Forbes, too, ended up in prison for swindling the government over supplies to hospitals.• He was jailed in 1992 for attempting to swindle the insurance company he worked for.• Slaughter, Lieutenant, Captain Waters's accomplice in swindling the Tuggses.swindle somebody out of something• The two men swindled the company out of $130,000.• He used to swindle people out of their land.swindle2 noun [countable]  CHEATa situation in which someone gets money by deceiving someone else 骗局；诈骗，骗取钱财 a big tax swindle 巨额税款诈骗

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swindle• Since that is nothing short of a swindle, should not the Minister stop it?• He knew the milk deal was a swindle, the handbills another fraud.• The whole property development proposal was a swindle. They never intended to build anything.• Hundreds, thousands, and not one of them with sufficient imagination to try a really extravagant swindle.• She couldn't believe that anyone as nice as Angelica could have been mixed up in an insurance swindle.• Donna in confusion said she didn't know what insurance swindle.• Young was convicted for his participation in a $2 million stock swindle.• The annual audit, due in April, would have uncovered the swindle.From Longman Business Dictionaryswindleswin‧dle /ˈswɪndl/ verb [transitive]LAW to get money from someone dishonestly by deceiving themswindle somebody out of somethingHe was convicted of charges that he swindled clients and partners out of £3.5 million.swindle something out of somebody/ swindle something from somebodyThe scheme was designed to swindle more than $250 million from the bank. —swindle noun [countable]a £12 million insurance swindle —swindler noun [countable]a band of international bank swindlers→ See Verb tableOrigin swindle (1700-1800) swindler “person who swindles” ((18-21 centuries)), from German schwindler “someone confused or unbalanced”

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swin‧dle¹ /ˈswɪndl/ verb [transitive]to get money from someone by deceiving them
   SYN  cheat
    swindle somebody out of something
    a businessman who swindled investors out of millions of pounds
—swindler noun [countable]
     

THESAURUS

■ to get money or possessions dishonestly from someone
   ▪ cheat to deceive someone so that they do not get or keep something they have a right to: He used his charm to cheat the old lady out of everything he could get. | He’s afraid they’ll cheat him after he hands over the money.
   ▪ con informal to get money from someone by telling them lies: They conned her into spending thousands of pounds on useless equipment. | He conned money out of the public by pretending to collect for charity.
   ▪ swindle to get money from a person or organization by cheating them in a clever way: The painting has been stolen and the art gallery has been swindled out of a large sum of money. | A City businessman who swindled investors out of millions of pounds was jailed for four years.
   ▪ defraud to commit the crime of getting money from an organization by deceiving them: He admitted attempting to defraud his former employer of $1 million. | Johnson is accused of conspiring to defraud the taxman of hundreds of thousands of pounds.
   ▪ do somebody out of something informal especially British English to dishonestly stop someone from getting or keeping something, especially something they have a right to have: They’ve done me out of three weeks wages!

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swindle² noun [countable]
a situation in which someone gets money by deceiving someone else:
    a big tax swindle