| 词汇 | swindle |
| 词源 | swindle. Swindler, deriving from the German Schwindler, “a giddy person,” first meant a merchant who took “dizzy risks” that often led to the loss of money. Swindler soon came to mean “someone who made money disappear,” hence a cheat. |
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