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Meaning of Swindling | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

Definitions

The act by which somebody is swindled.

Equivalents

العربية الخدع
Deutsch Alfanzerei Betrügerei Schwindelei
हिन्दी ग़बन
한국어 편취
Svenska svindleri
Tiếng Việt bịp bợm

Examples

“[…] the jails were larger and fuller, the number of murders was incomparably greater, the thefts and swindlings in the old country were a bagatelle to the large depredations there […]”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

Swindon Swindonian Swine swine fever swine flesh swine flu

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