swindling

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noun

The act by which somebody is swindled.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of swindle
nounswindling (plural swindlings)

plural swindlings

  1. The act by which somebody is swindled.

    […] the jails were larger and fuller, the number of murders was incomparably greater, the thefts and swindlings in the old country were a bagatelle to the large depredations there […]

    1850, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, volume 68, page 226
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APA

swindling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/swindling

MLA

“swindling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/swindling. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “swindling,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/swindling.

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