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swindled
[swin-dld]
adjective
(of a gem) cut so as to retain the maximum weight of the original stone or to give a false impression of size, especially by having the table too large.
Example Sentences
All the people who claimed to have been swindled by Mr Cavanagh said they had made complaints to Action Fraud.
It’s a pleasure to be so deftly swindled.
If he can’t take out his rage on Se-mi, maybe the pregnant girlfriend of the man who swindled him will suffice.
The group, which offered services across Yorkshire and Derbyshire, claimed to be part of a government energy efficiency scheme and are believed to have swindled more than £1m from victims.
He was sentenced Wednesday to 51 months in prison and ordered to pay $6.1 million in restitution to investors he swindled.
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