SWINDLE


Meaning of SWINDLE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ swɪnd(ə)l ]

( swindles, swindling, swindled)

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...

VERB : V n out of n

Swindle is also a noun.

He fled to Switzerland rather than face trial for a tax swindle.

N-COUNT

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