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Definition of Swindled
1. swindle [v] - See also: swindle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Swindled
Literary usage of Swindled
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Our Wild Indians: Thirty-three Years Personal Experience Among the Red Men by Richard Irving Dodge (1884)
"... Now — On the Vergo of Starvation— Why They Do Not Progress — The Indian King —
A Powerful Organization — How the Indian is Robbed, swindled and Imposed ..."
2. A History of American Literature by Moses Coit Tyler (1878)
"... life—Hospitality—Manners—Indians—A court-scene—Encounter with a Quaker and a
lawyer—swindled by both—His curse upon Maryland—His "Sot-Weed Redivivus. ..."
3. A History of American Literature by Moses Coit Tyler (1879)
"... a lawyer—swindled by both—His curse upon Maryland—His " Sot-Weed Redivivus."
a. VIRGINIA. I.—James Blair, the true founder of literary culture in ..."
4. Miscellanies by William Makepeace Thackeray (1877)
"... and to huddle them out of the way when the brute comes home drunk. swindled his
sisters of their portions, and robbed his younger brothers. ..."
5. Some Experiences of a Barrister's Life by William Ballantine (1882)
"The circumstances were explained to me, and, although there could be no doubt
that the Prince had been swindled, the mode in which it had been effect- ..."
6. Some Experiences of a Barrister's Life by William Ballantine (1898)
"The circumstances were explained to me, and, although there could be no doubt
that the Prince had been swindled, the mode in which it had been effected did ..."
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