Hornswoggled

Usage examples of swindled.

Every moment that he had to wait seemed at least five, for no doubt the man who had swindled him was improving the time to escape to a place of safety.

I want to find out, if I can, what has become of the man that swindled me.

There had been something familiar in the appearance of the adventurer, though, on account of his successful disguise and his being accompanied by a lady, he had not before felt any suspicion as to his identity with the man who had swindled him.

And I want back from you every penny you’ve swindled out of me these past two years.

If Constantine wasn’t going to admit he’d been swindled, he wouldn’t exactly fall on the neck of the person who’d publicly pointed it out.

I imagine this expert guessed Vic had swindled the insurance and was therefore a good prospect for a whole career of legal robbery.

Mayfair had cleverly swindled Brigadier General Theodore Marley "Ham" Brooks, noted war veteran, out of three million dollars, reducing Ham to a pauper.

Old Quietman talked about the men he had swindled, men he had ruined, driven to their graves.

And after I found this sub while cruising on a small ketch in the North Sea—I went around the world in the ketch after I was swindled out of my gold-mining company—I thought of this place and what an excellent spot it would be.

When I came to how I had been swindled by Master Insurance Company his whole manner changed.

If Constantine wasn't going to admit he'd been swindled, he wouldn't exactly fall on the neck of the person who'd publicly pointed it out.

I said, 'Vic swindled an insurance company very neatly, about three years ago.

He paused now and again to buy wine and sausages with money he'd swindled from other victims, then bought a few trinkets a woman might enjoy wearing.

Goldie would've bet the very gold in her teeth that Skeeter's attacker had been swindled downtime and had somehow come through the gate looking for revenge.

We don't ally ourselves with anybody during those wars, so we don't get swindled out of our share when the war's over.