All 3 Uses of
swindle
in
Black Boy
- As an insurance agent, it was necessary for me to take part in one swindle.†
Chpt 2.16 *
- It appears that the burial society had originally issued a policy that was—from their point of view—too liberal in its provisions, and the officials decided to exchange the policies then in the hands of their clients for other policies carrying stricter clauses; of course, this had to be done in a manner that would not allow the policyholder to know that his policy was being switched, that he was being swindled.†
Chpt 2.16swindled = tricked or cheated someone -- usually to get money
- The swindle worked in this way.†
Chpt 2.16
Definitions:
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(1)
(swindle) tricking or cheating someone -- usually to get money
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)