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Definition of swindle verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

swindle

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NAmE//ˈswɪndl//
 
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they swindle
 
he / she / it swindles
 
past simple swindled
 
-ing form swindling
 
 
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to cheat someone in order to get something, especially money, from them swindle somebody (out of something) They swindled him out of hundreds of dollars. swindle something (out of somebody) They swindled hundreds of dollars out of him.
swindler
 
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NAmE//ˈswɪndlər//
 
noun synonym con manSee swindle in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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