Con artists take advantage of the credulity of inexperienced investors and swindle them out of their money.
Source: tatoeba (2004)
Swindle
/ˈswɪnd(ə)l/
Synonyms for "swindle" (282 found)
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Closest matches (57)
Noun(13 words)
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Strong matches (84)
Related words (141)
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Verb(15 words)
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More general
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12 entriesPonzi schemeadvance fee scamadvance-fee scambait and switchbait-and-switchcon gameconfidence trickfake investment schemefraudulent ruseinvestment fraudphishingpyramid scheme
Collocations
12 entriesPonzi swindlecriminal swindlefinancial swindlefraudulent swindlehistoric swindleinvestment swindlenotorious swindleswindle customersswindle investorsswindle moneyswindle schemeswindle victim
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
2 entriesSample sentences
13 total sentences available.
Where did you swindle them?
Source: tatoeba (1884134)
Be careful. He's not an easy one to swindle.
Source: tatoeba (2184758)
He determined to swindle his creditors, and for this purpose he paid large cheques to a certain Mr. Cornelius, who is, I imagine, himself under another name.
Source: tatoeba (7483298)
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