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swine
swine fever
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swindle

swin·dle [ swínd'l ]


transitive verb  (past and past participle swin·dled, present participle swin·dling, 3rd person present singular swin·dles)
Definition:
 
cheat somebody of something: to obtain something from somebody, especially money, by deception or fraud
I've been swindled!



noun  (plural swin·dles)
Definition:
 
fraudulent transaction: a transaction in which one person or organization obtains something from another by deception or fraud

[Late 18th century. Back-formation < swindler< German Schwindler "cheat" < schwindeln "be dizzy" < Old High German swintan "vanish"]

swin·dler noun
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