swindle

swindle
verb
  1. [with obj.]use deception to deprive (someone) of money or possessions
    诈取；骗取
    a businessman swindled investors out of millions of pounds.
    一个商人诈取了投资者们数百万英镑。
    ■obtain (money) fraudulently
    诈骗（钱财）
    he was said to have swindled £62.5 million from the state-owned cement industry.
    据说他从国有水泥行业诈取了6,250万英镑。
noun
  1. a fraudulent scheme or action
    骗局；欺诈行为
    he is mixed up in a £10 million insurance swindle.
    他卷入了一桩１,０００万英镑的保险诈骗案中。
派生
swindler
noun
语源
  1. late 18th cent.: back-formation from swindler, from German Schwindler 'extravagant maker of schemes, swindler', from schwindeln 'be giddy', also 'tell lies'
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