swindled 是动词 swindle 的过去式/过去分词,意思是诈骗;骗取(金钱、财物或利益),通常带有“用欺骗手段让对方吃亏”的含义。(也可指“用不正当手段占便宜”。)
/ˈswɪn.dəld/
He realized he had been swindled out of his savings.
他意识到自己的积蓄被人骗走了。
The investors claimed they were swindled by a company that hid its debts and falsified its reports.
投资者声称,他们被一家隐瞒债务、伪造报告的公司欺骗了。
swindle 一词常被认为源自德语 schwindeln(“头晕;胡扯;欺骗”)相关的表达,后来进入英语,逐渐固定为“以欺诈手段骗取钱财”的意思;swindled 则表示这一行为已发生或已完成。