swindle

1. V-T If someone swindles a person or an organization, they deceive them in order to get something valuable from them, especially money. 詐騙 (尤指錢(qián)財(cái))

A businessman swindled investors out of millions of dollars. 一位商人騙走了投資者數(shù)百萬(wàn)美元。

2. N-COUNT Swindle is also a noun. 詐騙

He fled to Switzerland rather than face trial for a tax swindle. 他不去面對(duì)騙稅的審判而是逃到了瑞士。