swindle

Example Sentences

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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

And Uber is helping investigators to try to catch whoever was behind the attempted swindle.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 19, 2024

The Police Service of Northern Ireland said criminals will constantly change how they present scams to lure people in and swindle them.

From BBC • Jan. 19, 2024

“It’s done. Buster said it out loud, and nearly every human in the system heard him say it. ‘Mercerism is a swindle.’

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick