swindled
Example Sentences
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Gentile, she added, “basically pulled a Bernie Madoff and swindled people out of their money, and then he gets to go home to his wife and kids.”
From Los Angeles Times
Ms Vouzelaud, 38, then tried to explain to him that he had been swindled and the couple urged him to go to the police to file a complaint.
From BBC
All the people who claimed to have been swindled by Mr Cavanagh said they had made complaints to Action Fraud.
From BBC
It’s a pleasure to be so deftly swindled.
From Los Angeles Times
Last year I wrote about two retired L.A. residents, a former teacher and a former banker, who were swindled out of roughly $80,000 apiece in internet scams.
From Los Angeles Times
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