Swindle

Word SWINDLE
Character 7
Hyphenation swin dle
Pronunciations /ˈswɪnd(ə)l/

Definitions and meanings of "Swindle"

What do we mean by swindle?

To cheat or defraud of money or property. intransitive verb

To obtain by fraudulent means. intransitive verb

To practice fraud as a means of obtaining money or property. intransitive verb

The act or an instance of swindling. noun

To cheat or defraud. The word implies, commonly, recourse to petty and mean artifices for obtaining money which may or may not be strictly illegal.

The act or process of swindling; a fraudulent scheme; an act of cheating; an imposition; a fraud. noun

Anything that is deceptive or not what it is said or thought to be. noun

The act or process of swindling; a cheat. noun

To cheat defraud grossly, or with deliberate artifice. transitive verb

To defraud (someone) verb

To obtain money or property by fraudulent or deceitful methods verb

An instance of swindling noun

The act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme noun

Deprive of by deceit verb

An instance of swindling.

Anything that is deceptively not what it appears to be.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Swindle

The word "swindle" in example sentences

The swindle is the implicit assumption this will raise the overall correlation between compensation and quality from approximately zero to approximately one. ❋ Unknown (2009)

This plan was a swindle from the very start, and every body in the Congress and Pentagon knew it. ❋ Unknown (2009)

He leveled his gaze at me and said, "Hey, hey, hey," long dramatic pause, "swindle is an awfully harsh word." ❋ Dave Hingsburger (2007)

If you look up a grift in the dictionary, its defined as a swindle - a confidence game. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I seriously doubt it … it’s not to your benefit to do so in this case. bobby swindle is soooooooo last year’s news …. after the shining start of the repugnantscum party crashed, burned and fell to the earth after that atrocious rebuttal to obama’s speech. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Instead, the way that they accomplished the swindle is explained in this post.] ❋ Unknown (2009)

Bozo The Neoclown says: bobby swindle is soooooooo last year’s news …. after the shining start of the repugnantscum party crashed, burned and fell to the earth after that atrocious rebuttal to obama’s speech. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Eckoh claimed the swindle was already in place when they took over the contract in 2004. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The GOP candidate who compared the popular retirement program to what the dictionary defines as a swindle? ❋ Unknown (2011)

The swindle is another blow to Queensland Health, which is still reeling from the payroll bungle of 18 months ago. ❋ Unknown (2011)

At the end nothing will change, except for those who do the "business" (in the good all days it should has been called a swindle). ❋ Unknown (2009)

One such swindle occurs when an outwardly caring person flags an aged person down.

As due, in part, to the frankly hysterical efforts of that perverse Barney, the housing bubble of Summer 2007 was not only permitted to rage, unremedied, to the present day, but his swindle has been a leading factor in the prompting of measures, of a type called "bail-out," which have created a hopelessly hyper-inflated condition in the trans-Atlantic community generally, at the present time. ❋ Unknown (2009)

One such swindle occurs when an outwardly concerned individual flags an elderly person down.

If not for the Watchmen "swindle," we both would have had our heroes featured in "Twilight of the Superheroes." ❋ Rob! (2009)

The attorney general, Richard Blumenthal, said he also would begin an antitrust investigation of ISO New England, which he said had let the "swindle" continue for years. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But, he insisted, those who "swindle" investors "will be prosecuted as criminals." ❋ Unknown (2008)

Until the majority of people stand up to the corporations, the corporations will continue to "swindle" us all! ❋ Unknown (2008)

I'd love to hear some comment from global warming proponents and opponents about the argument in the British "swindle" movie that's doing the rounds that while there's a correlation between CO2 and temperature, as Gore claims, the changes in CO2 level lags, not leads temperature changes. ❋ Ann Althouse (2007)

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