swindle

verb

🔊/ˈswɪndl/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they swindle	🔊/ˈswɪndl/ 🔊/ˈswɪndl/
he / she / it swindles	🔊/ˈswɪndlz/ 🔊/ˈswɪndlz/
past simple swindled	🔊/ˈswɪndld/ 🔊/ˈswɪndld/
past participle swindled	🔊/ˈswɪndld/ 🔊/ˈswɪndld/
-ing form swindling	🔊/ˈswɪndlɪŋ/ 🔊/ˈswɪndlɪŋ/

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to cheat somebody in order to get something, especially money, from them诈骗；骗取
- swindle somebody (out of something) They swindled him out of hundreds of dollars.他们诈骗了他好几百美元。🔊🔊
- swindle something (out of somebody) They swindled hundreds of dollars out of him.他们诈骗了他好几百美元。🔊🔊
Topics Crime and punishmentc2
Word Originlate 18th cent.: back-formation from swindler, from German Schwindler ‘extravagant maker of schemes, swindler’, from schwindeln ‘be giddy’, also ‘tell lies’.

noun

🔊/ˈswɪndl/

[usually singular]

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a situation in which somebody uses dishonest or illegal methods in order to get money from a company, another person, etc.诈骗；骗取 synonym con
- an insurance swindle保险诈骗案
Topics Crime and punishmentc2
Word Originlate 18th cent.: back-formation from swindler, from German Schwindler ‘extravagant maker of schemes, swindler’, from schwindeln ‘be giddy’, also ‘tell lies’.