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单词 swindlery
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swindleryn.

Brit. /ˈswɪndləri/, U.S. /ˈswɪn(də)ləri/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: swindler n., -y suffix3.
Etymology: < swindler n. + -y suffix3 (compare -ery suffix). Compare earlier swindle n.3, swindling n.2Compare German Schwindlerei (1836 or earlier; the more usual German noun is Schwindelei (late 18th cent.)).
The use of deception, trickery, etc., to obtain or take something, esp. money; fraudulent activity of this type; (also more generally) the duping, tricking, or deceiving of someone; lies, trickery; = swindling n.2 1.Recorded earliest in attributive use.Also as a personification (see e.g. quots. 1837 and 1869).
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > [noun]
defraudc1450
defraudationc1503
fraudingc1530
defrauding1548
cheateryc1555
cheatingc1555
versing1591
begeckc1600
sharking1602
shaving1606
rooking1635
defraudment1645
emunging1664
prowlerya1670
bilking1687
sharping1692
mace1742
fineering1765
swindling1769
highway robbery1777
macing1811
flat-catching1821
ramping1830
swindlery1833
rigging1846
diddlinga1849
suck-in1856
daylight robbery1863
cooking1873
bunco-steering1875
chousing1881
fiddling1884
verneukery1896
padding1900
verneukering1900
bobol1907
swizzle1913
ramp1915
swizz1915
chizzing1948
tweedling1975
1833 T. Carlyle in Fraser's Mag. Aug. 138/1 Had there been no sumptuary or adultery or swindlery Law-acts.
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. ii. vi. 70 Swindlery and Blackguardism have stretched hands across the Channel, and saluted mutually.
1869 All Year Round 2 Jan. 109/2 Swindlery in doubtful boots, on the sharp look-out for any likely young gentleman.
1922 State Hosp. Q. Nov. 65 Under ‘social conflicts’ are included..maladjustment resulting in the arrest of twelve patients for vagrancy, assault and battery, forgery, swindlery or profiteering.
2004 S. Hall Electric Michelangelo 36 The individual juvenile protagonist was far more venturesome and frequently exposed in his swindlery.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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