Both Uses of
swindle
in
John Adams by McCullough
- Her husband, James Reynolds, a speculator with an unsavory reputation, commenced to blackmail Hamilton, until the point when he, Reynolds, went to prison for an earlier swindle.†
Subsection 3.9.3
- It was said Jefferson had swindled clients as a young lawyer.
Subsection 3.10.5 *swindled = tricked (for money)
Definition:
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(swindle) tricking or cheating someone -- usually to get money