Swindle



GRE 蓝宝

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.诈骗
• ［英］ v.诈骗 ( to obtain money or property by fraud or deceit)
• ［类］ implacadle : compromise / honest : swindle ( 难以抚慰的不会让步 / 诚实的不会诈骗)
• ［记］ 分割记忆: s+wind+le, 注意不要和dwindle ( 减少) 相混

Webster Collegiate

I. verb (swindled; swindling)

• Etymology: back-formation from swindler, from German Schwindler giddy person, from schwindeln to be dizzy, from Old High German swintilōn, frequentative of swintan to diminish, vanish; akin to Old English swindan to vanish
• Date: circa 1782
• intransitive verb
  • to obtain money or property by fraud or deceit
• transitive verb
  • to take money or property from by fraud or deceit
• Synonyms: see cheat
• ? swindler noun

II. noun

• Date: 1821
• an act or instance of swindling ; fraud

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