单词 | swindle |
释义 | swindle (swɪndəl ) Word forms: 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. A City businessman swindled investors out of millions of pounds. [V n + out of] An oil executive swindled £250,000 out of his firm. [V n out of n] Synonyms: cheat, do [slang], con, skin [slang] Swindle is also a noun. He was jailed for running a £4.5 million international investment swindle. swindler Word forms: swindlers countable noun Swindlers have cheated investors out of £12 million. Synonyms: cheat, fraud [informal], hustler [US, informal], conman or woman [informal] Translations: Chinese: 诈骗 尤指钱财 Japanese: だまし取る |
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