swindle

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n. 骗取, 欺诈, 骗局 v. 骗取, 诈取

发音

其它 /ˈswɪnd(ə)l/

词形变化

swindles 复数 swindles swindled swindles 三单 swindling swindling 现在分词 swindled 过去式 swindled 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An instance of swindling.

    欺诈

  2. 2.

    Anything that is deceptively not what it appears to be.

  3. 3.

    An instance wherein a player in a losing position plays a clever move that provokes an error from the opponent, thus achieving a win or a draw.

    游戏
v.
  1. 1.

    To defraud.

    诈取

    骗取

    骗局

    及物

    The two men swindled the company out of $160,000.

  2. 2.

    To obtain (money or property) by fraudulent or deceitful methods.

    欺骗

    及物/不及物

    She swindled more than £200 out of me.

  3. 3.

    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.

    游戏

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

cheat fraud rig

上位词 1

fraud

下位词 10

con sting scam hustle gyp hold out bunco bunko confidence game confidence trick
动词

同义词 10

con scam rook diddle defraud victimize bunco goldbrick hornswoggle mulct

上位词 3

cheat chisel rip off

下位词 2

short shortchange

相关短语

swindle sheet swindle sheets

词源

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”). See also Modern German schwindeln, Danish svindel and svindle, Dutch zwindelen and zwendelen, Yiddish שווינדל (shvindl), Low German swinneln, Middle English swinden (“to languish, waste away”).

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