what does swindle mean?
SWINDLE as NOUN
- Meaning
- the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
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Hypernyms(s) swindle is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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SWINDLE as VERB
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- He swindled me out of my inheritance
- She defrauded the customers who trusted her
- the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change
Hypernyms(s) swindle is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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