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swindle

[swin-dl] / ˈswɪn dl /




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From her minimum security lockup, she’s begun mounting her own social media blitz in an apparent attempt to win Trump’s favor and get sprung from prison and freed from accountability for her epic swindle.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 7, 2025

And while they concede that seniors may be more frequently targeted online than those younger, that, too, is based on a false assumption—that their age will make them easier to swindle.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 20, 2025

In 2007, a Canadian judge ruled that Felderhof had been unaware of the swindle and found him not guilty of insider trading.

From BBC May 18, 2024

That fuelled speculation in Zambian media that some of the suspects might have sought to swindle gold buyers in a fake bullion scam.

From Reuters Aug. 30, 2023

A few of the spectators nudged each other with their elbows, obviously hoping I’d somehow swindle Ambrose into paying several times what my slot was actually worth.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

Americans are awash in scams, and while some swindles originate overseas, they are increasingly coming from closer to home.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 9, 2026

But all of the theft, big and small, illustrates an epidemic of scams and swindles at a time America was grappling with overrun hospitals, school closures and shuttered businesses.

From Seattle Times Jun. 12, 2023

This also speaks to the hollowness that all ideological language contains, to paraphrase Orwell, in its swindles and perversions, its slovenliness and vagueness.

From Salon Apr. 16, 2023

Draghi said it had not only spawned swindles but had also driven up costs because clients, knowing they would be reimbursed, had no need to bargain with builders over prices.

From Reuters Jun. 22, 2022

The contractors who furnish his prisoners sand for flour and garbage for potatoes are his partners in some of his outside swindles also.

From The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia by Abraham Cahan

But voters weren’t about to get swindled again.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 7, 2026

“You’ve called Hilton unethical and dishonest and said that he swindled his way into the Republican side,” Collins said, citing an article from the Atlantic.

From Los Angeles Times May 6, 2026

A Philippine congressional committee rejected impeachment complaints against President Ferdinand Marcos on Wednesday over allegations he swindled taxpayers out of billions of dollars.

From Barron's Feb. 4, 2026

They wanted to be a voice for the pet owners swindled by Britton, most of whom are still too traumatised and guilt-ridden to speak out, as well as a visible symbol of the community’s horror.

From BBC Aug. 9, 2024

Kaz wasn’t a boy any longer; there was no reason Pekka should be able to see the child he’d swindled in his features.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo

Timothy Barnes was not targeting strangers when he set about swindling people out of nearly £2m - these were his friends and neighbours.

From BBC Jul. 4, 2026

The company argued attorneys were swindling their own clients, inflating medical bills of car crash victims to increase the value of the settlement and then pocketing a hefty chunk of the payouts.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 26, 2026

The 33-year-old fintech entrepreneur last month was sentenced to seven years in prison for swindling JPMorganChase, which purchased her student financial-aid startup in 2021 for $175 million.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 12, 2025

By the time he was arrested at his Manhattan penthouse in 2008, he had been swindling customers for decades through his wealth management firm.

From Salon Dec. 31, 2024

The only person they could ask about the painting was Valfierno himself, the person swindling them.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day




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