swindle

  • 11Swindle — The term Swindle may refer to:* Swindle, a confidence trick * Swindle, a kind of fraud * Swindle (chess), a ruse by which a chess player in a losing position tricks his opponent, and thereby achieves a win or draw instead of the expected loss *… …

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  • 12swindle — UK [ˈswɪnd(ə)l] / US verb [transitive] Word forms swindle : present tense I/you/we/they swindle he/she/it swindles present participle swindling past tense swindled past participle swindled to cheat someone in order to get their money swindle… …

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  • 13Swindle — Filmdaten Deutscher Titel Swindle Originaltitel $windle Produktionsland …

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  • 14swindle — v. (D; tr.) to swindle out of (to swindle smb. out of money) * * * [ swɪndl] (D; tr.) to swindle out of (to swindle smb. out of money) …

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  • 15Swindle — Aux échecs, le swindle (de l anglais : arnaque, escroquerie) consiste à tenter de renverser une position perdue en tendant un piège ou en jouant un coup inattendu. Parfois, on appelle aussi swindle le fait d utiliser une tactique de… …

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  • 16swindle — swin|dle1 [ˈswındl] v [T] [Date: 1700 1800; Origin: swindler person who swindles (18 21 centuries), from German schwindler someone confused or unbalanced ] to get money from someone by deceiving them = ↑cheat swindle sb out of sth ▪ a businessman …

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  • 17swindle — swin|dle [ swındl ] verb transitive to cheat someone in order to get their money: swindle someone out of something: The landlord tried to swindle us out of our deposit. swindle something out of someone: They were accused of swindling millions of… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 18swindle — To cheat or to deceive. You have been swindled if you bought a dictionary that does not contain the word swindle. Swindle is a common word meaning to cheat or defraud …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 19swindle — To cheat or to deceive. You have been swindled if you bought a dictionary that does not contain the word swindle. Swindle is a common word meaning to cheat or defraud …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 20swindle — [[t]swɪ̱nd(ə)l[/t]] swindles, swindling, swindled VERB If someone swindles a person or an organization, they deceive them in order to get something valuable from them, especially money. [V n out of n] A City businessman swindled investors out of… …

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