All 9 Uses of
swindle
in
The Brothers Karamazov
- I knew, too, that she was fond of money, that she hoarded it, and lent it at a wicked rate of interest, that she's a merciless cheat and swindler.†
Chpt 3 *
- Our peasants are swindlers, and don't deserve to be pitied, and it's a good thing they're still flogged sometimes.†
Chpt 3
- They are swindlers, only there the scoundrel wears polished boots and here he grovels in filth and sees no harm in it.†
Chpt 5
- Ah, they are swindlers!†
Chpt 11
- And there's a lot of swindling in America, too, I expect.†
Chpt 11
- That's all very charming; but if you want to swindle why do you want a moral sanction for doing it?†
Chpt 11
- He can't bring himself to swindle without a moral sanction.†
Chpt 11
- He swindled his own son and spent his money, his maternal inheritance, on trying to get his mistress from him.†
Chpt 12
- Serve him right, the swindler!†
Chpt Epil.
Definition:
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(swindle) tricking or cheating someone -- usually to get money