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  • 31swindle sheet — noun slang : expense account * * * Slang. 1. an expense account. 2. a log sheet, as kept by a trucker, cab driver, hourly worker, or the like. [1945 50] * * * swindle sheet, U.S. Slang. an expense account: »To catch a few suspected swindle sheet… …

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  • 32swindle — swindleable, adj. swindler, n. swindlingly, adv. /swin dl/, v., swindled, swindling, n. v.t. 1. to cheat (a person, business, etc.) out of money or other assets. 2. to obtain by fraud or deceit. v.i. 3. to put forward plausible schemes or use… …

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  • 33swindle — 1. verb I was swindled out of money he s been swindling clients for years Syn: defraud, cheat, trick, dupe, deceive, fool, hoax, hoodwink, bamboozle; informal fleece, con, bilk, sting, hose, diddle, rip off, take for a ride …

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  • 34swindle — [ˈswɪnd(ə)l] verb [T] to cheat someone in order to get their money swindle noun [C] swindler noun [C] …

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  • 35swindle — [c]/ˈswɪndl / (say swindl) verb (swindled, swindling) –verb (t) 1. to cheat (a person) out of money, etc. 2. to obtain by fraud or deceit. –verb (i) 3. to put forward plausible schemes or use unscrupulous artifice to defraud others; cheat;… …

  • 36swindle-sheet — swinˈdle sheet noun (facetious) An expense account • • • Main Entry: ↑swindle …

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  • 37swindle — I. verb (swindled; swindling) Etymology: back formation from swindler, from German Schwindler giddy person, from schwindeln to be dizzy, from Old High German swintilōn, frequentative of swintan to diminish, vanish; akin to Old English swindan to… …

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  • 38swindle sheet — Slang. 1. an expense account. 2. a log sheet, as kept by a trucker, cab driver, hourly worker, or the like. [1945 50] * * * …

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  • 39swindle — 1. verb /ˈswɪndəl/ a) to defraud (someone) The two men swindled the company out of $160,000. b) to obtain money or property by fraudulent or deceitful methods …

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  • 40Swindle — This interesting and most unusual name, found widespread in Lancashire is most probably an English locational name from Swindale in Skelton, North Yorkshire, so called from the Old English pre seventh Century words swin , pig, wild boar, plus the …

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