Swindling
['swɪndl]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swindle
Checker: Tessie
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Knavery, cheating.
Typist: Rebecca
Examples
- Murder, manslaughter, arson, forgery, swindling, house-breaking, highway robbery, larceny, conspiracy, fraud? Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Compeyson's business was the swindling, handwriting forging, stolen bank-note passing, and such-like. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Let me see the bill--I daresay the woman is swindling you. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- The next man who has as large a capacity and as genuine a taste for swindling, will succeed as well. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
Typist: Rebecca