Swindling
noun, verb
noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act by which somebody is swindled.
"[…] the jails were larger and fuller, the number of murders was incomparably greater, the thefts and swindlings in the old country were a bagatelle to the large depredations there […]"
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of swindle form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"[…] the jails were larger and fuller, the number of murders was incomparably greater, the thefts and swindlings in the old country were a bagatelle to the large depredations there […]"