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swindle

verbCommon GRE wordMore S words

to cheat someone out of money or property by deception

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Swindle in a sentence

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The scheme swindled elderly investors out of their savings.

Synonyms
defraudcheatcon
Antonyms
compensatereimburse

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Critics complained that the documentary's narration was relentlessly blank, hammering home its single thesis so often that viewers felt lectured rather than informed.

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Swindle (verb) means to cheat someone out of money or property by deception
Here is swindle used in an example sentence: "The scheme swindled elderly investors out of their savings."
Common synonyms for swindle include defraud, cheat, con.
Antonyms of swindle include compensate, reimburse.
Swindle is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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