swindle

/ˈswɪndl/

意味: 詐欺

例文: The swindle cost Haruki his savings.
　　  その詐欺でハルキは貯金を失った。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: swindle money(お金をだまし取る), swindle someone(誰かをだます), swindle out of(だまし取る)

定義: 人をだましてお金や物を取ること。詐欺や不正な手段で利益を得る行為。

swindleは約2,000,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

Definitions(定義)

Noun: the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
Verb: deprive of by deceit

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Verb

Examples(例文)

Noun: that book is a fraud
Verb: He swindled me out of my inheritance
Verb: She defrauded the customers who trusted her
Verb: the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): bunco, cheat, con, defraud, diddle, gip, goldbrick, gyp, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rig, rook, scam, short-change, swindle, victimize

Antonyms(反意語):

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): cheat, fraud

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): barratry, beat, bilk, constructive fraud, cozen, election fraud, extrinsic fraud, fraud in fact, fraud in the factum, fraud in the inducement, gazump, identity theft, intrinsic fraud, juggle, mail fraud, overcharge, swindle, victimize, welsh, whipsaw

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): bunco, holdout, pyramiding, scam, shell game, short-change, swiz

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: bunco, cheat, con, defrauder, gyp, rig, scam, scammer, swindle, swindler, victimization

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
transitive verb
countable noun

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Exam Level

英検1級

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Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) No

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No

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