Swindles

The only way Dobson is "influential" is with the money he swindles from the sad and lonely people he preys on. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The article went on to say that these "swindles" were apt to occur in any country, but that England alone lacked the will to punish them: ❋ Maisie Ward (1932)

The way the thing was done was this, and it will serve as an illustration of the kind of swindles that were constantly being perpetrated in connection with mines. ❋ Unknown (1876)

"Nine tailed-fox" swindles, "Crying Game" s unsuspecting netizen #shanghaiist tweet this post to facebook ❋ Unknown (2009)

By requiring firms to keep a meaningful piece of the risk that they package and sell to investors, the creation of new financial exotics and derivatives would magically be transformed in the public eye from "exotic swindles" to the evolved forms of investment for institutions that they were meant to be. ❋ Adam Levin (2011)

But Resnick ultimately finds enjoyable ways to circumvent that, like a couple of well-sequenced insurance swindles and heists. ❋ Unknown (2009)

On the other hand, the 1982 invasion was described as "one of the greatest moral swindles suffered by the Argentine people" by another. ❋ Unknown (2012)

I brought him a copy of my book "The Great American Stickup," which he had once claimed to have read and admired, to remind him that he should be arresting the real criminals rather than the victims of their financial swindles. ❋ Robert Scheer (2011)

The only thing global warming will increase is the size of Al Gores fortune from selling carbon credits and government coffers from tax and trade swindles. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Easy as it may be to laugh at the credulous 19th-century New Yorkers who fell for the great moon hoax, it would be a mistake to think that we are any less susceptible to swindles and flimflam. ❋ Eric Felten (2011)

Bailey, a member of the ad hoc "PhonyBusters" team, said one of the problems in prosecution is that there are so many swindles. ❋ Unknown (2010)

How the Beltway columnists, conservative talk show hosts and politicians get away with it (along with weathermen) is one of the great swindles. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Laban swindles him into marrying the wrong sister but Jacob fights back and uses manipulation to take most of Laban's wealth and flock. ❋ Rabbi Shmuley Boteach (2012)

Apparently, this page does not care if a bank tricks, traps or swindles American consumers and businesses, as long as the bank profits from it. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Lax attitudes toward fraud are spurring swindles across the nation: ❋ James Bovard (2011)