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swindle

/ˈswɪn.dəl/

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noun

/ˈswɪn.dəl/B2formal
  • ruСуществительное, обозначающее акт обмана или мошенничества с помощью мошеннической схемы или обмана.

A noun referring to an act of cheating or defrauding someone through a fraudulent scheme or deception.

  1. Fraudulent schemeB2formal

    An act of cheating or defrauding someone by using a dishonest plan or trick.

    ruМошенничество

    • The investment turned out to be a complete swindle.
    • He was arrested for his involvement in a large-scale swindle.
    • The elderly couple lost their savings in a real estate swindle.

    Synonymscheatconconfidence trickdeceptiondouble-dealingfraudhoaxhustleknaveryracketscamshamstratagemsubterfugetrick

Forms
  • swindles plural form
  • swindles' possessive plural form
  • swindle's possessive singular form
Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

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Vocabulary data from the Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset (CC BY 4.0), https://huggingface.co/datasets/Fristail27/vocab-bloom-hub-en

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verb

/ˈswɪn.dəl/C1formal
  • ruГлагол, используемый для обозначения действия по обману или мошенничеству с целью завладения деньгами или имуществом другого человека с помощью обмана или уловок.

A verb used to indicate the act of cheating or defrauding someone of money or property through deception or trickery.

  1. Cheat or defraudB2formal

    To take money or property from someone by using dishonest methods or deception.

    ruОбманывать или мошенничать

    • The con artist swindled the elderly couple out of their life savings.
    • He was arrested for trying to swindle investors with a fake business scheme.
    • She swindled him by selling a counterfeit painting.

    Synonymsbilkcheatcondefraudfleecemulctrip offscam

    Antonymscompensateindemnifyreimburseremuneraterepay

Forms
  • swindled past participle
  • swindled past simple
  • swindling present participle
  • swindles third person singular
Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

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Vocabulary data from the Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset (CC BY 4.0), https://huggingface.co/datasets/Fristail27/vocab-bloom-hub-en

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