| 词汇 | swindling |
| 释义 | swindling present 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 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. 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 You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Cheating & tricking Related wordswindler Examples of swindlingswindling In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. I do not think that the £100 which was suggested would be in any way adequate for offences of swindling the public by these shady practices. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 How many foreign visitors, fleeced by mock auctioneers, have been surprised that such obvious swindling could be conducted in such brazen and open fashion? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Swindling, the age of consent and various other examples of how we might gain have been raised. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This is largely because many have had experience of the swindling tactics of the mock auctioneer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Some mock auctioneers have made themselves rich men by their swindling methods, and the courts must have power to teach them a real lesson. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What we have been doing economically over the years is swindling people out of their savings. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think there is more swindling, particularly of poor people, done in the retail trade of coal and wood than almost anywhere else. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 When the money disappears, it disappears either through gross negligence or through swindling directly by those who are in control of these moneys. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is this to meet certain vested interests in the oil trade, to give them another way out for making huge profits by swindling the public? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It surprised many people that there could be such a clear exposure of swindling technique. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Apart from xenophobia, which has been mentioned, those offences include computer-related crime, environmental crime, swindling and sabotage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To some extent, it is a fact that the males have, over the years, succeeded very thoroughly in swindling the females of the nation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, the swindling is much more systematic than that. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But in this worst of all forms of swindling it seems to me that the promoters are getting away with it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That swindling is going on now there is no doubt. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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