verb · transitive · rare

swindle

swin·dle

swindle · swindles · swindled · swindling

обмануть, обманывать, надуть, жульничать

betrügen, schwindeln, erschwindeln, beschwindeln

To defraudTo defraud.

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/ˈswɪndəl/

» He swindled her.

Er hat sie betrogen.

Он надул её.

Він обдурив її.

Meaning

3 senses

(transitive)To defraud.
The two men swindled the company out of $160,000.
betrügen, beschwindeln, erschwindeln
обма́ныватьobmányvatʹ, обману́тьobmanútʹ, моше́нничатьmošénničatʹ
(ambitransitive)To obtain (money or property) by fraudulent or deceitful methods.
She swindled more than £200 out of me.
schwindeln
обма́ныватьobmányvatʹ, обману́тьobmanútʹ
For a player in a losing position to play a clever move that provokes an error from the opponent, thus achieving a win or a draw.

More definitions

deprive of by deceit

Examples

26 sentences

He swindled her.
Він обдурив її. — deniko
ruОн надул её. — seekbirdy
deEr hat sie betrogen. — Yorwba
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Tom swindled Mary.
Том обдурив Мері. — deniko
ruТом надул Мэри. — marafon
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Tom soon realized he'd been swindled.
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Tom didn't realize he'd been swindled.
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Tom soon realized that he'd been swindled.
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Translations

8 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

to defraud someone:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

to defraud someone:

to obtain money or property by fraudulent or deceitful methods:

Origin

Back-formation from swindler, from German Schwindler, from German schwindeln, from Middle

Back-formation from swindler, from German Schwindler, from German schwindeln, from Middle High German swindeln, swindelen, from Old High German swintilōn, frequentative of the verb swintan, from Proto-West Germanic *swindan (“to diminish”).

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