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词汇 swindled
释义 swindled
past simple and past participle ofswindle
swindle
verb[ T ]
uk /ˈswɪn.dəl/ us /ˈswɪn.dəl/
to get money dishonestly from someone by deceiving or cheating them: 诈骗,骗取(钱财)
They swindled local businesses out of thousands of dollars.他们诈骗了当地企业几千美元。
The wealthy banker was ultimately convicted of swindling investors.
Synonyms
cheat
coninformal
defraud
diddle(TRICK)informal
gypUSinformal old-fashioned
rookold-fashionedinformal
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

to deceive someone
deceiveThe cigarette companies deceived the public about the health risks of cigarettes.
deceive yourselfYou'd be deceiving yourself if you believed that.
trickShe felt they had tricked her into saying more than she intended.
foolYou don't fool me with your innocent act.
take inThey claimed to be destitute, but we weren't taken in.
pull the wool over someone's eyesI'm not stupid. You can't pull the wool over my eyes like that.
He accused the government of swindling taxpayers.
Henry can't help seducing and swindling everyone he meets.
The conman swindled thousands of euros from travellers after spinning them sob stories about his dead wife.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Fraud & corruption
anti-bribery
anti-corruption
anti-counterfeiting
anti-fraud
Augean
bribe
defalcation
defraud
defraud someone/something of something
dolus
embezzle
imposture
insider dealing
launder
malfeasance
malpractice
match-fixing
nobble
pyramid scheme
siphon

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Cheating & tricking

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swindler

Examples of swindled


swindled

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.


After about three months the business was wound up, the various principals disappeared, and the public had been swindled out of £107,000.
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I am a little disappointed to have heard words tonight such as "rubbished", "cheated", "swindled"and"defrauded".
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They have been swindled out of their rightful winnings.
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He has been swindled out of approximately £100 and an unscrupulous maker has pocketed that sum.
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If it is not, we shall consider ourselves swindled out of an explanation to which we feel entitled.
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This class of pensioner feels that he has been swindled.
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You can be swindled with whisky for three years to your heart's content.
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In connection with that, the men have been swindled out of £5.
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I was swindled then, and we were swindled today.
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If they do get a better type of education, the other children are being swindled.
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It is extraordinarily hard for the ordinary customer to know whether he has been swindled or not.
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They should not, along with those in receipt of child benefit or other social security payments allow themselves to be swindled by these proposals.
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If people are being swindled they tend to talk about it and will report it.
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The pension fund also lent money to someone who swindled the company.
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It is know that anyone who is determined to be caught out and swindled will be swindled.
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