swindle1 verbswindle2 noun
swindleswin‧dle1 /ˈswɪndl/ verb [transitive] 
Word OriginWORD ORIGINswindle
Verb TableOrigin:
1700-1800 swindler ‘person who swindles’ (18-21 centuries), from German schwindler ‘someone confused or unbalanced’VERB TABLE
swindle
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | swindle |
| he, she, it | swindles | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | swindled |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have swindled |
| he, she, it | has swindled | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had swindled |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will swindle |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have swindled |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am swindling |
| he, she, it | is swindling | |
| you, we, they | are swindling | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was swindling |
| you, we, they | were swindling | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been swindling |
| he, she, it | has been swindling | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been swindling |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be swindling |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been swindling |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Thesaurus- He was jailed in 1992 for attempting to swindle the insurance company he worked for.
- Investors have been swindled out of millions of pounds.
- And Fakhru will appreciate my method of operating because has not Fakhru on many occasions swindled me?
- Forbes, too, ended up in prison for swindling the government over supplies to hospitals.
- He swindled only himself and his unsuspecting family.
- He used to swindle people out of their land.
- Slaughter, Lieutenant, Captain Waters's accomplice in swindling the Tuggses.
- The agent tried to swindle him out of his deposit and Marc's trying to sort it out.
- When they were doing business and Fong knew he was being swindled, he had nothing but bald hatred for the Ismaili.
THESAURUSto get money or possessions dishonestly from someone► cheat
to get money from someone by deceiving them SYN cheatswindle somebody out of something to deceive someone so that they do not get or keep something they have a right to: · He used his charm to cheat the old lady out of everything he could get.· He’s afraid they’ll cheat him after he hands over the money.
► con informal to get money from someone by telling them lies: · They conned her into spending thousands of pounds on useless equipment.· He conned money out of the public by pretending to collect for charity.
► swindle to get money from a person or organization by cheating them in a clever way: · The painting has been stolen and the art gallery has been swindled out of a large sum of money.· A City businessman who swindled investors out of millions of pounds was jailed for four years.
► defraud to commit the crime of getting money from an organization by deceiving them: · He admitted attempting to defraud his former employer of $1 million.· Johnson is accused of conspiring to defraud the taxman of hundreds of thousands of pounds.
► do somebody out of something informal especially British English to dishonestly stop someone from getting or keeping something, especially something they have a right to have: · They’ve done me out of three weeks wages!
Longman Language Activatorto get money or possessions from someone dishonestly► cheat · He doesn't trust car mechanics -- he thinks they're all trying to cheat him.cheat somebody out of something · She says she was cheated out of $10,000 she paid to a modeling agency.· Cohen claimed that criminals posing as salesmen cheat Americans out of billions of dollars each year.
► swindle to get money from a person or organization by cheating them, especially using clever and complicated methods: · He was jailed in 1992 for attempting to swindle the insurance company he worked for.swindle somebody out of something: · Investors have been swindled out of millions of pounds.
► con especially spoken to persuade someone to buy something or to give you money by telling them lies: · By the time she realized she had been conned, she had lost more than $3000.con somebody out of something: · The old lady was conned out of her life savings by a crooked insurance dealer.con something out of somebody: · A man pretending to be a faith healer has conned around £20,000 out of desperate sick people.con somebody into doing something: · She was too embarrassed to admit that they had conned her into buying 100 acres of worthless land.
► fiddle British informal to give false information or make dishonest changes to financial records, in order to get money or avoid paying money: · My boss thinks I've been fiddling my travel expenses.fiddle the books/fiddle the accounts (=change a company's financial records): · The company secretary has been fiddling the books for years.
► defraud to get money from a company or organization, especially a very large one, by deceiving it: · Trachtenberg is charged with attempting to defraud his business partner.defraud somebody (out) of something: · Between them they defrauded the company out of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
► fleece informal to get a lot of money from someone by tricking them: · She fleeced him for everything he had.· Authorities estimate at least 300 elderly couples were fleeced in the scheme.fleece somebody of something: · She estimates he fleeced her of about £50,000 by tricking her into buying fake antiques.
► trick somebody out of to get money or possessions from someone, by tricking or deceiving them: · Police are warning residents to be on their guard after two men tricked a pensioner out of several hundred pounds.· Megan was tricked out of her life savings by a smooth-talking handsome man who had promised to marry her.
► do somebody out of especially British, informal to cheat someone by not giving them money that they deserve or that they are owed: · The way I see it, they've done me out of three weeks' wages.· She's convinced the sales assistant did her out of £15.
► you've been had spoken use this to say that someone has been cheated but they do not realize it: · I hate to tell you this but you've been had. The antique clock you bought is a phoney.
someone who cheats► cheat also cheater American · Don't pretend you can't afford to pay me that money back -- you're nothing but a cheat and a liar!· My grandmother thinks all car salesmen are cheats.· I'll never play cards with you again, you cheater!
► con-man/con artist spoken informal someone who gets money by cheating people or lying to them: · a handsome con-man who charms women into giving him money, then simply disappears from their lives· She gave $11,000 to two con artists who pretended to be bank officials.
► swindler someone who regularly cheats people or organizations to get money: · That firm is a bunch of swindlers. Don't pay them anything until the goods have been delivered and checked.· I wasn't going to let any kid of mine work among those swindlers on Wall Street.
a businessman who swindled investors out of millions of pounds—swindler noun [countable]swindle1 verbswindle2 noun
swindleswindle2 noun [countable] ExamplesEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Thesaurus- The whole property development proposal was a swindle. They never intended to build anything.
- Young was convicted for his participation in a $2 million stock swindle.
- Donna in confusion said she didn't know what insurance swindle.
- He knew the milk deal was a swindle, the handbills another fraud.
- Hundreds, thousands, and not one of them with sufficient imagination to try a really extravagant swindle.
- She couldn't believe that anyone as nice as Angelica could have been mixed up in an insurance swindle.
- Since that is nothing short of a swindle, should not the Minister stop it?
- The annual audit, due in April, would have uncovered the swindle.
Longman Language Activatorwhen people are dishonest in order to get money► fraud
a situation in which someone gets money by deceiving someone else: the crime of getting money dishonestly from a big organization, for example by giving false information or changing documents, especially over a long time: · Big losses due to theft and fraud forced the company to close.· Landale is calling for more laws to protect consumers against fraud.
► scam informal a method, usually used by several people working together, who cheat someone by making them believe something that is not true: · I spent more than $4000 before I realized the whole thing was a scam.scam to do something: · She and her boyfriend were involved in a scam to get $5 million from the company.tax scam (=a way of dishonestly avoiding paying tax)
► swindle a well-planned and often complicated arrangement to cheat people: · Young was convicted for his participation in a $2 million stock swindle.· The whole property development proposal was a swindle. They never intended to build anything.
► fiddle British a situation in which people are cheated, especially in small ways over a long period of time: · The firm realised some sort of fiddle was going on, but they had no idea how much they were losing.work a fiddle (=do a fiddle): · Managers don't really get paid much here, but most of them are working a few fiddles.
► con a method or process of persuading someone to buy something or to give you money by telling them lies: · A lot of people gave money to the charity collectors, not realising it was a con.con trick British: · She wanted me to visit a fortune-teller but I thought it was all a big con trick.
► racket an illegal business that is used by criminals to make a large profit for themselves: · The FBI believe they have found the real criminals behind a big gambling racket.· The Mafia runs a highly sophisticated drugs racket.
a big tax swindle