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Swindled meaning

simple past and past participle of swindle

Using Swindled

  • The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of swindle
  • In the example corpus, swindled often appears in combinations such as: swindled by, been swindled, allegedly swindled.

Context around Swindled

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 22.9 words
  • Position in the sentence: 4 start, 12 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 18 statements, 2 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

allegedly 2× artist 1× feeling 1× got 1×

Often after:

nearly 1× five 1× double 1× nazis 1× money 1× approximately 1× away 1× hundreds 1× rich 1×

Sentence patterns with Swindled

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

after he swindled a rail 1× after she swindled five hundred 1× are feeling swindled 1× bank and swindled money from 1× can be swindled by scammers 1× con artist swindled more than 1× had been swindled by ortenblad 1× he swindled nearly 1 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a man has 1× according to court 1× ada toro the 1× an international kidney 1× han van meegeren 1× he swindled nearly 1×

Common sentence endings:

an online relationship 1× are feeling swindled 1× by promising loans 1× crossed utterly vanquished 1× during the war 1× explained the neuroscientist 1×

Words around Swindled

Just before it in the word index:

swindle 45 swindells 6 swindell 19 swinburne 22 swinburn 4 swinbourne 3

Just after it in the word index:

swindler 8 swindlers 18 swindles 3 swindling 23 swindon 233 swine 196

Similar in corpus frequency:

abrasion 43 abscess 43 aced 43 ackman 43 actinides 43 adelson 43

Corpus analysis for Swindled

  • In this selection, "swindled" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, allegedly, artist, feeling, nearly, five and double stand out and add context to how "swindled" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include after he swindled a rail and after she swindled five hundred. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "swindled" sits close to words such as abrasion, abscess and aced, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with swindled

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Have you been swindled in an online relationship? (8 words)

How does it feel to be lied to, swindled, double-crossed, utterly vanquished? (13 words)

The con artist swindled more than £300,000 from the four women with false stories. (15 words)

Longer example sentences

Ada Toro, the San Pedro woman who was charged with theft after she swindled five hundred dollars from a Belize City single mother using a fake Facebook page, was a no-show in court today. (35 words)

An international kidney racket was busted with the arrest of a person, who allegedly swindled a man here of Rs 34 lakh after promising to arrange akidney donor for him, police said on Saturday. (34 words)

Reconnecting with his aunts and uncles afterwards, Fritz capably convinced his father’s siblings, who had swindled him and Mary out of their inheritance, to set up a joint medical fund for William. (33 words)

Question examples

Have you been swindled in an online relationship? (8 words)

How does it feel to be lied to, swindled, double-crossed, utterly vanquished? (13 words)

Example sentences (20)

Have you been swindled in an online relationship?

He swindled nearly $1.7 million by submitting bogus aid applications on behalf of businesses that existed only on paper, according to court records.

The African-American lady, Vonapolouis Moss, who was allegedly swindled by a suspected internet fraudster, Awoleye Joshua Oluwatofunmi, is back in the United States of America.

Ada Toro, the San Pedro woman who was charged with theft after she swindled five hundred dollars from a Belize City single mother using a fake Facebook page, was a no-show in court today.

A man has been jailed after he swindled a rail company out of more than £1,000.

How does it feel to be lied to, swindled, double-crossed, utterly vanquished?

Reconnecting with his aunts and uncles afterwards, Fritz capably convinced his father’s siblings, who had swindled him and Mary out of their inheritance, to set up a joint medical fund for William.

The con artist swindled more than £300,000 from the four women with false stories.

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This is why as we age, we forget things or even why elders can be swindled by scammers, because their frontal lobes start to atrophy," explained the neuroscientist.

An international kidney racket was busted with the arrest of a person, who allegedly swindled a man here of Rs 34 lakh after promising to arrange akidney donor for him, police said on Saturday.

Han van Meegeren was a real-life artist, con man and bon vivant who swindled Nazis during the war.

Humiliated by President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja and now suspended by the Anambra State government, the traditional rulers are feeling swindled.

That the outgoing president selected the guy who got swindled by Borat to lead his campaign’s legal team is objectively hilarious.

The Navi Mumbai police have busted a gang that created a fictitious cooperative bank and swindled money from people by promising loans.

They swindled approximately ₹42,000 crore by promising them good returns through a ponzi scheme, police said on Friday.

We had a landslide victory, and then it was swindled away from the Republican Party—but we caught them.

According to court records, the Kandiyohi County Sheriff’s Office received a report early this year that a couple in Prinsburg had been swindled by Ortenblad.

He has since appealed to those swindled to formally complain to both South African and Zambian Police so that they help bring the swindlers to book.

In 2009, Bridget Wilkins was charged in an FBI investigation in a massive international phishing scheme that swindled hundreds of victims out of $1.5 million.

Nearly six years ago, Samantha Barbash was the brains behind a ring of savvy strip club workers who swindled rich executives out of big bucks.

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Common combinations with swindled

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "swindled" in a sentence?
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What does "swindled" mean?
Swindled means: simple past and past participle of swindle
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