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[ swin -dld ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈswɪn dld / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective Jewelry . (of a gem) cut so as to retain the maximum weight of the original stone or to give a false impression of size, especially by having the table too large.
Origin of swindled swindle + -ed2
Words nearby swindled swimsuit, swimwear, swim with the tide, Swinburne, swindle, swindled , swindle sheet, Swindon, swine, swine fever, swine flu
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Example sentences from the Web for swindled Tweed is estimated to have swindled the equivalent of $3.5 billion from New York during his time as a senator.
Brooklyn’s Gangster Graveyard | Nina Strochlic| October 23, 2014| DAILY BEAST
He had been swindled out of his life savings—around $8 million—by his former manager and lover Kelley Lynch.
Excuse Me For Not Dying: Leonard Cohen at 80 | David Yaffe| September 24, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Murrell was a horse thief and slave stealer who swindled his way through the Deep South in the early 1830s.
Django Unchained’s Bloody Real History in Mississippi | Adam Rothman| February 24, 2013| DAILY BEAST
If I lost millions, it's because so-and-so A swindled me, or so-and-so B down the supply line didn't do his part, and it hurt me.
How Robert Nozick Turned on Robert Nozick | Michael Tomasky| May 22, 2012| DAILY BEAST
I take my line: ladies, you have been swindled out of a large sum of money.
Between you and me, he swindled them, and beat us for 'extra' profit.
Scamping Tricks and Odd Knowledge | John Newman
A blank shyster, who had swindled the widows and orphans in Arkansas and escaped from jail.
Trent's Trust and Other Stories | Bret Harte
And he went up with Justin to the room, to make sure that he had not been swindled by the wicked hotel men.
Justin Wingate, Ranchman | John H. Whitson
And a damned cunning swindle Cascan Oil was, as efficient a bubble as ever swindled money out of the public.
The Romantic Lady | Michael Arlen
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