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swindles

swindles is the plural of swindle.

swindles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of swindle.

Meaning of swindle

Noun

swindle (plural swindles)

  1. An instance of swindling.
    • There were men there who had committed merciless robberies, cruel murders, heartless swindles, abominable depravities.1914, Julian Hawthorne, chapter 16, in The Subterranean Brotherhood
  2. Anything that is deceptively not what it appears to be.
  3. 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.

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Proper noun capitalized: Swindles

Swindles

  1. (plural) plural of Swindle

Questions about swindles

What is swindles the plural of?
Swindles is the plural of swindle.
What part of speech is swindles?
Swindles is a proper noun.

Words near swindles in the dictionary

  1. swindler
  2. swindleries
  3. swindlers
  4. swindlership
  5. swindlery
  6. swindles
  7. swindling
  8. swindlingly
  9. swindlings
  10. Swindon
  11. Swindonian

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