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And while they concede that seniors may be more frequently targeted online than those younger, that, too, is based on a false assumption—that their age will make them easier to swindle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 20, 2025

“Ah, this odious swindle, human life,” he swore, after his daughter Jean endured a major epileptic seizure.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2025

And Uber is helping investigators to try to catch whoever was behind the attempted swindle.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 19, 2024

"With so many people seeking properties online, scammers will look for opportunities to take advantage and swindle people out of their money," he said.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2023

A few of the spectators nudged each other with their elbows, obviously hoping I’d somehow swindle Ambrose into paying several times what my slot was actually worth.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

Americans are awash in scams, and while some swindles originate overseas, they are increasingly coming from closer to home.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026

But all of the theft, big and small, illustrate an epidemic of scams and swindles at a time America was grappling with overrun hospitals, school closures and shuttered businesses.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 11, 2023

This also speaks to the hollowness that all ideological language contains, to paraphrase Orwell, in its swindles and perversions, its slovenliness and vagueness.

From Salon ● Apr. 16, 2023

For more guidance, the Federal Trade Commission offers tips for how to avoid charity swindles, including Giving Tuesday scams.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2022

They figure in divorce suits, in financial swindles and occasionally in more serious cases.

From The Green Rust by Edgar Wallace

A New York woman admitted to defrauding Wesley Edens, a co-founder of Fortress Investment Group and co-owner of the Milwaukee Bucks, resolving allegations that she had extorted the billionaire and swindled two other men.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

But know only that in its opening minutes we learn that we have been swindled and are now part of a ritual of sorts to summon said alien.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

A man has been charged in an investigation into Oasis fans being swindled out of thousands of pounds for fake tickets.

From BBC ● Mar. 3, 2026

A Philippine congressional committee rejected impeachment complaints against President Ferdinand Marcos on Wednesday over allegations he swindled taxpayers out of billions of dollars.

From Barron's ● Feb. 4, 2026

Why should they go and get swindled at some other establishment when they can come here!

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

"These are not just gentlemen thieves, confidently swindling us of a few pennies here and there," says Craig Rice, who heads up the CDA.

From BBC ● May 19, 2026

The 33-year-old fintech entrepreneur last month was sentenced to seven years in prison for swindling JPMorganChase, which purchased her student financial-aid startup in 2021 for $175 million.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2025

By the time he was arrested at his Manhattan penthouse in 2008, he had been swindling customers for decades through his wealth management firm.

From Salon ● Dec. 31, 2024

Eva Longoria stars as Gala, a woman who has to flee to the small Spanish town that her mother left decades ago in search of a future away from her swindling husband.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2024

The only person they could ask about the painting was Valfierno himself, the person swindling them.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day