swindle

Example Sentences

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Prosecutors alleged that the 54-year-old killed his wife and son to gain sympathy and obscure his swindling of nearly $9 million from law partners and clients, and that he’s since tried to “manufacture an alibi.”

From Washington Post

Authorities allege Murdaugh began a cycle of borrowing and spending in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, leading him to swindle nearly $9 million from his law partners and clients.

From Washington Post

Mr. Ray was charged in 2000 by federal prosecutors in Brooklyn with taking part in a scheme in which mobsters and stockbrokers were accused of swindling investors out of $40 million.

From New York Times

People all across the country were being swindled by relatives who were declaring them dead in order to take their land.

From BBC

“A swindle of the most horrifying kind,” Hirschfeld says.

From Washington Post