CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

CLASS 9

THE BEGGAR

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Define “Swindling"
A
Cheating
B
Swinging
C
Walking clumsily
D
Being Lazy
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -/ˈswɪn.dəl/ to get money dishonestly from someone by deceiving or cheating them: They swindled local businesses out of thousands of dollars.

Detailed explanation-2: -: to obtain money or property by fraud or deceit. transitive verb. : to take money or property from by fraud or deceit.

Detailed explanation-3: -Some common synonyms of swindle are cheat, cozen, and defraud. While all these words mean “to get something by dishonesty or deception, ” swindle implies large-scale cheating by misrepresentation or abuse of confidence.

Detailed explanation-4: -Swindlers are scammers who con people to make a buck. Unfortunately, there are many types of people in the world who will try to get your money. Somewhere between a used car salesman and an outright thief is a swindler-someone who lies to get your money, sometimes by suggesting you invest in something phony.

Detailed explanation-5: -transitive verb. : to deprive of something valuable by the use of deceit or fraud. cheated the elderly couple out of their property. : to influence or lead by deceit, trick, or artifice.

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