swindle

How To Use swindle In A Sentence

• I swear he's a swindler.
• Le larron does not seem to be used in conversational French (my daughter taught me the word after she learned it in her French class while reading a classic text) ... so here are some useful synonyms: un escroc (swindler, con man, crook) un malfaiteur (burglar) un voleur (thief) French Word-A-Day:
• You could argue that was swindled money well spent. Times, Sunday Times
• Other substitutions included “embrace” for “tackle,” “blucher” for “slush buster,”* “muggings” for “hog wash,” “fearful” for “rough,” “wickedest” for “vilest,” “leer” for “slobber,” “jolly” for “bully,” and “swindle” for “humbug.” Mark Twain
• His old fellow made his tin by selling jalap to Zulus or some bloody swindle or other. Ulysses
• You could argue that was swindled money well spent. Times, Sunday Times
• The swindler broke off in the middle of his talk when he saw a policeman coming.
• The cooler heads counsel to look at the big picture, focus our anger on the larger swindle or understand that we have to put up with certain distasteful practices if we're going to get this mess cleaned up. Lance Mannion:
• Their constitutional government is a swindle.
• A fraudster jailed after making a fortune from masterminding a timeshare swindle could be forced to pay £80 million to his victims.