as in cheated
to rob by the use of trickery or threats
hundreds of people were swindled out of their savings, and all they had to show for it were fake land deeds
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Recent Examples of swindled
In 2016, it was revealed that a con man had swindled Nicole out of $10 million.
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Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 12 Nov. 2025
Black residents who got swindled out of land could not turn to the courts.
—Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
In just two years Farm Bank had allegedly swindled some $250 million from 132,000 investors.
—Moisés Naím, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
This is a producer who swindled money endlessly and made life hell for his victims.
—Steve Belanger, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
Tish only swindled the bank out of $19,000.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 11 Oct. 2025
You might be swindled or lied to.
—Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 18 Sep. 2025
Following the 2022 raid, the Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a forfeiture motion for almost $150,000, claiming the church and its Bible seminary swindled hundreds of military members out of more than $22 million.
—Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 14 Sep. 2025
So if you have been swindled, don't be embarrassed.
—Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for swindled
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Bondi forgave a crime that had put people’s lives at risk and cheated the government of vaccine doses that could have been given to others.—
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The tension resurfaced when her sister discovered her partner had cheated again and asked to stay at the poster’s home with both children.—
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Mountain View Fire Rescue hustled to get to a fire caused by a power pole that blew down.—
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My mother—an incredible single mom of four kids—just hustled.—
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While Marty Supreme is only loosely inspired by Reisman, there are several sequences and character details plucked from his life.—
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Arsene Wenger was plucked from ‘Japan’, as Sir Alex Ferguson memorably enunciated it, in 1996.—
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Tuesday’s loss in Orlando stung a little more for the Miami Heat than the usual December loss during a long 82-game regular season.—
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But still, some losses have stung harder than others.—
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At one point, the fear that squeezed my stomach tighter and tighter gave way to stupefaction.—
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Even if those increases eventually unwind, the impact will fall on households that have already been squeezed for decades, and many households are no longer assuming prices will fall back—they’ve been burned too often.—
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Got screwed when the referee missed an obvious blow to the head that gave the Pats a field goal.—
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Cameramen everywhere are getting screwed by Hudson Williams’s favorite pose, the double-bird.—
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Authorities said Kates defrauded the state Department of Labor of $217,056 by filing fraudulent unemployment applications with the agency for her family, acquaintances, and others, from March 2020 through May 2021.—
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Things eventually come to a head back in Cairo, where local police arrest Roper and his team, only for the enraged buyers, who were defrauded due to Pine's intervention, to seize the convoy.—
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But there is a primal scream stuck in our collective throat.—
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Even after the pick-less Young trade, there does seem to be a pathway present for the Heat to restock with draft picks while, like the Hawks, continually stuck in play-in-ville.—
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“Swindled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swindled. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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