with obj.
1- use deception to deprive (someone) of money or possession诈取; 骗取：
a businessman swindled investors out of millions of pounds.
一个商人诈取了投资者们数百万英镑。
1.1
- obtain (money) fraudulently诈骗（钱财）：
he was said to have swindled £62.5 million from the state-owned cement industry.
据说他从国有水泥行业诈取了6,250万英镑。
- a fraudulent scheme or action骗局; 欺诈行为：
he is mixed up in a £10 million insurance swindle.
他卷入了一桩1,000万英镑的保险诈骗案中。
派生词
swindler
noun词源
late 18th cent.: back-formation from swindler, from German Schwindler 'extravagant maker of schemes, swindler', from schwindeln 'be giddy', also 'tell lies'.