| 单词 | swindle |
| 释义 | swindleWord family nounswindlerswindlingverbswindle swin·dle1 /ˈswɪndl/ verb [transitiveT] CHEATto get money from someone by deceiving them 诈骗，欺诈，骗取〔钱财〕 SYN cheat swindle somebody out of something a businessman who swindled investors out of millions of pounds 一个诈骗了投资者数百万英镑的商人 —swindler noun [countableC] Examples from the Corpus swindle• When they were doing business and Fong knew he was being swindled, he had nothing but bald hatred for the Ismaili.• The agent tried to swindle him out of his deposit and Marc's trying to sort it out.• And Fakhru will appreciate my method of operating because has not Fakhru on many occasions swindled me?• He swindled only himself and his unsuspecting family.• Investors have been swindled out of millions of pounds.• He used to swindle people out of their land.• Forbes, too, ended up in prison for swindling the government over supplies to hospitals.• He was jailed in 1992 for attempting to swindle the insurance company he worked for.• Slaughter, Lieutenant, Captain Waters's accomplice in swindling the Tuggses. swindle somebody out of something• The two men swindled the company out of $130,000.• He used to swindle people out of their land. swindle2 noun [countableC] CHEATa situation in which someone gets money by deceiving someone else 骗局；诈骗，骗取钱财 a big tax swindle 巨额税款诈骗 Examples from the Corpus swindle• Since that is nothing short of a swindle, should not the Minister stop it?• He knew the milk deal was a swindle, the handbills another fraud.• The whole property development proposal was a swindle. They never intended to build anything.• 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.• Donna in confusion said she didn't know what insurance swindle.• Young was convicted for his participation in a $2 million stock swindle.• The annual audit, due in April, would have uncovered the swindle. From Longman Business Dictionary swindleswin·dle /ˈswɪndl/ verb [transitiveT]LAW to get money from someone dishonestly by deceiving them swindle somebody out of something He was convicted of charges that he swindled clients and partners out of £3.5 million. swindle something out of somebody/ swindle something from somebody The scheme was designed to swindle more than $250 million from the bank. —swindle noun [countableC] a £12 million insurance swindle —swindler noun [countableC] a band of international bank swindlers (1700-1800) swindler “person who swindles” ((18-21 centuries)), from German schwindler “someone confused or unbalanced” |
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