Meaning & use
Swindled
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Cheated someone out of money or property through deception or fraud.
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The elderly couple were swindled out of their savings by a fake investment scheme.
He swindled his business partner by falsifying the company's accounts.
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The word traces back to German "Schwindler," meaning a cheat or dizzy-headed person, imported into English in the late 18th century.
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