swindle

verb · nounB1

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Động từ

verb

V_es/s

swindles

V_ing/Gerund

swindling

V_ed/pp

swindled

1.
(transitive)To defraud.
The two men swindled the company out of $160,000.
Đồng nghĩa: chisel, diddle
2.
(ambitransitive)To obtain (money or property) by fraudulent or deceitful methods.
She swindled more than £200 out of me.
3.
(chess) For a player in a losing position to play a clever move that provokes an error from the opponent, thus achieving a win or a draw.

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

swindles

1.
An instance of swindling.
2.
Anything that is deceptively not what it appears to be.
3.
(chess) An instance wherein a player in a losing position plays a clever move that provokes an error from the opponent, thus achieving a win or a draw.

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Đồng nghĩa

chiseldiddlescheme swizzbe sold a pupto be swindled be sold a pupto defraud swizz

Cùng gốc / liên quan

outswindle swindleable swindledom swindlery swindlingly swindler

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Nguồn gốc từ

swindler, from German Schwindler, from German schwindeln, from swindeln, swindelen, from Old High German swintilōn, frequentative of the verb swintan, from *swindan (to diminish).