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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

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

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 19, 2024

The Police Service of Northern Ireland said criminals will constantly change how they present scams to lure people in and swindle them.

From BBC ● Jan. 19, 2024

That fuelled speculation in Zambian media that some of the suspects might have sought to swindle gold buyers in a fake bullion scam.

From Reuters ● Aug. 30, 2023

“It’s done. Buster said it out loud, and nearly every human in the system heard him say it. ‘Mercerism is a swindle.’

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick

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

Then Hek recites all the weak points in our logical firewalls that allow conspiracies and swindles to find purchase: Fake news.

From Salon ● Feb. 7, 2025

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

Draghi said it had not only spawned swindles but had also driven up costs because clients, knowing they would be reimbursed, had no need to bargain with builders over prices.

From Reuters ● Jun. 22, 2022

Barring the last one, which was down in Essex, near Maldon, they were simply swindles.

From Aliens by William McFee

But voters weren’t about to get swindled again.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026

“I would never use the word swindled, but the context — yes, I have said that,” Bianco said after some back-and-forth about the particulars of his criticisms.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 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

All the people who claimed to have been swindled by Mr Cavanagh said they had made complaints to Action Fraud.

From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2025

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

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

The company argued attorneys were swindling their own clients, inflating medical bills of car crash victims to increase the value of the settlement and then pocketing a hefty chunk of the payouts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 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

The following year, however, Violet and her mother were found guilty of swindling Violet’s ex-lover and their widowed neighbour.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2024

A Greek from the delta trading center of Nau- cratis, Cleomenes was an ambiguous Boss Tweed-like figure, chiefly remembered for swindling Egyptians and Greeks alike of enormous sums of money.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro