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swindle

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7 lettersPronunciation /ˈswɪnd(ə)l/Part of speech noun, verbSorted deilnswStarts with SEnds with E0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme

Word origin

Back-formation from swindler, from German Schwindler, from German schwindeln, from Middle High German swindeln, swindelen, from Old High German swintilōn, frequentative of the verb swintan, from Proto-West Germanic *swindan (“to diminish”).

Used in a sentence

  • The two men swindled the company out of $160,000.
  • That word is bezzle. It describes the period in which an embezzler has stolen a man's money but the victim does not yet realize he's been swindled.
  • She swindled more than £200 out of me.

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