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swindle somebody out of something
表示从某人那里骗走某物，强调受害者和被骗的财物。
He swindled his clients out of thousands of pounds.
他骗走了客户数千英镑。
骗局；欺诈
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骗局；欺诈
the act of cheating someone by a dishonest plan
He swindled his clients out of thousands of pounds.
他骗走了客户数千英镑。
此处为名词义；动词义见另条。
诈骗行为；欺诈事件。
An instance of swindling.
欺诈行为
the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
具有欺骗性、表里不一的事物。
Anything that is deceptively not what it appears to be.
劣势棋手以巧妙着法诱使对手出错,从而获胜或弈和的情况。
An instance wherein a player in a losing position plays a clever move that provokes an error from the opponent, thus achieving a win or a draw.
The email claiming you won a prize is just a swindle.
那封声称你中奖的电子邮件只是个骗局。
He realized too late that the whole scheme was a swindle.
他意识到整个计划是个骗局时，已经太晚了。
She lost her savings in an online swindle.
她在一场网络骗局中失去了积蓄。
表示从某人那里骗走某物，强调受害者和被骗的财物。
He swindled his clients out of thousands of pounds.
他骗走了客户数千英镑。
也可用“swindle sth from sb”结构，侧重点放在骗取的财物上。
She swindled money from the company.
她从公司骗取钱财。
作名词时是可数名词，常指骗局或欺诈行为。
The whole scheme was a swindle.
整个计划是一个骗局。
Not this
He swindled me a lot of money.
Use this
He swindled me out of a lot of money.
swindle 不能接双宾语（swindle sb. sth.），正确结构是 swindle sb. out of sth.，表示从某人处骗走某物。
Not this
He swindled on his friend.
Use this
He swindled his friend.
swindle 是及物动词，应直接跟被骗者，不需要介词 on。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
骗取某人的某物；诈骗某人财物
He swindled his elderly neighbor out of her pension.
他骗走了年迈邻居的养老金。
落入骗局；上当受骗
Even clever people can fall for this swindle.
即使是聪明人也可能上这个当。
精心策划的骗局
The gang masterminded an elaborate swindle.
这个团伙策划了一个精心设计的骗局。
彻头彻尾的骗局
The so-called bargain turned out to be a complete swindle.
所谓的便宜货结果是个彻头彻尾的骗局。
税务诈骗
He went to prison for a tax swindle.
他因税务诈骗入狱。
报销单（诙谐说法）
He tried to claim the expensive dinner on his swindle sheet.
他想把这顿昂贵的晚餐记在报销单上。
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记法：swindle 里藏着 wind（风），风一刮钱就没了，即被骗。
语域：formal 常见场景：news reports、legal/financial documents、formal writing swindle 通常比 cheat 或 scam 更正式，多用于书面语、新闻报道或法律/金融语境；日常口语中更常说 rip off 或 scam。
与 swindle /ˈswɪndəl/ 押韵的词：spindle、dwindle、kindle（重读音节 /ɪndəl/ 相同）。注意拼写相似的 swine /swaɪn/ 和 wind /wɪnd/ 发音不同，切勿按 swindle 的拼读规律类推。
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