swindle

/ˈswɪnd(ə)l/

US pronunciation

American sound/ˈswɪnd(ə)l/

swindle

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 1st syllable stress
Vowel: Schwa vowel
Ending: Final e often stays silent

swin - dle -> swindle

Myanmar meaning

ငွေကို လိမ်ယူသည်။ လူတစ်ဦးထံမှ ငွေကို လိမ်ယူသည်။ ငွေလိမ်ယူခြင်း။ လိမ်ညာသည်။

Full entry

swindle /'swÇndl/ v (infml ) ~ sb/ sth (out of sth)

လိမ်သည်။ ကလိမ်ကျသည်။
swindle an insurance company ❍ Investors were swindled out of millions of pounds.
n (က) လိမ်လည်မှု။ an international swindle involving forged bank- notes.
(ခ) အလိမ်။ The competition was a complete swindle.
❏ swindler /'swÇndlǝ(r)/ n လူလိမ်။

More examples

‘Sometimes, the employers will even attempt to swindle their potential employees.’
‘Most victims were swindled into paying €3, 000 or more.’
‘I don't condone cheats and con artists who swindle innocent victims out of their hard-earned cash.’
‘In fact, he has swindled his own family by managing to become the sole inheritor of their grandparents' estate.’
‘A serial conman who swindled victims out of more than £1million told a judge that he blew £64, 000 on exotic foreign holidays.’
‘In 1989 he pleaded guilty to 55 counts of fraud, allegedly swindling elderly victims in Virginia and Tennessee out of around $1.25 million.’
‘He failed not simply because he was swindled, but also because he was stupid.’
‘The Government has pledged to crack down on unscrupulous doorstep salesmen who swindle vulnerable pensioners out of thousands of pounds.’
‘Then we hear about widespread accounting malpractices, even in giant corporations, and start to wonder if this is not a huge conspiracy to swindle us out of our money.’
‘If that does not happen, unscrupulous traders will rush into villages and swindle desperate peasant farmers of their hard-earned crop.’
‘The group is suspected of having swindled each customer out of about 50, 000 yen in such fees.’
‘While these men were not above occasionally swindling other working-class people, for the most part their actions were directed at the region's elites.’
‘It quickly becomes evident this blind man is far from helpless, as he proceeds to swindle the gangsters out of all their money.’
‘The so-called ‘phishing’ scams have developed as a popular technique for fraudsters to swindle people out of everything from PayPal accounts to ATM codes.’
‘For example, if I find a way of legally swindling you out of a lot of money, I cannot claim that my action is morally acceptable just because it is legal.’
‘I felt sorry for those poor desperate people being swindled in such a way.’
‘It's estimated that patients were swindled out of some $12, 750, 000 from August / 96 to February / 03.’
‘She swindled eight people out of $111, 000 in cash and jewelry before she was stopped.’
‘I admit I live by my wits a lot, but I don't use them to swindle people.’
‘I bought this system from you believing you to be a reputable firm and I can plainly see you've swindled me out of my money’

Synonyms

cheat, con, trick, fiddle, double-cross, deceive, defraud, rip off, sting, fleece, do out of, dupe, bamboozle, beat, bilk, blackmail, cheating, clip, confidence trick, cozen, crooked deal, deceit, deception, diddle, dirty pool, do, double cross, double-dealing, embezzlement, extort, extortion, fake, fast one, fast shuffle, flimflam, fool, frame, frame-up, fraud, fudge, gouge, gull, hoax, hoodwink, hustle, imposition, imposture, knavery, overcharge, pluck, pull a fast one, put one over on, racket, rip-off, rook, run a game on, sandbag, scam, sell, sell a bill of goods, set up, shady deal, shaft, shakedown, sham, sharp practice, shell game, steal, stealing, stiff, sucker, take for a ride, take to the cleaners, trickery, trim, victimize

Antonyms

be honest, benevolence, destroy, donate, donation, forthrightness, frankness, gift, give, help, honesty, lose, openness, reality, truth, truthfulness, uprightness