I to!'David he hedn t better go in no deeper but Barker, he promised big things an'seemed if be sech a nice man 'at fln ly David he up 'n done it. Wall he's hed 'em t'pay fer an'the fact is it costs s'much if sell 'em it eats up all the profits. 'Looks like a swindle,'I said indignantly. 'No,'said Uncle El, "tain't no swindle. Barker thought he hed a gran'good thing. He got fooled an'the fool complaint is very ketchin . Got it myself years ago an'I've been doctorin'fer it ever sence. The story of David's undoing hurt us sorely.英文原著 · 《Eben Holden》
"Well, you might as well tell it now, I suppose," said the old gentleman; "but it is a great shame about that paper! to advertise that morning papers are to be obtained--it's a swindle, Jasper! a complete swindle!" and the old gentleman looked so very irate that the boy exerted himself to soothe him.英文原著 · 《Five Little Peppers And How They Grew》
"Samara, II, ix. In the centre of the town, in the Hotel ----, a band of armed swindlers attacked a German engineer named Braun and demanded money. On his refusal one of the robbers stabbed Braun with a knife. The robbers, taking the money which was on him, amounting to 500 roubles, got away. Braun called for assistance, but died of his wounds in the night. It appears that he had met the swindlers at a restaurant."英文原著 · 《Orpheus in Mayfair and Other》
I went to Sir John Fielding, and asked him what it meant. This justice answered that my brother had been accused of felony. The Jews and swindlers had sworn the wine was a legal purchase. If I had not been paid, or was ignorant of the English laws, that was my fault. Six swindlers had sworn the wine was paid for, which circumstance he had not known, or he should not have granted me a warrant. My brother had also broken open the doors, and forcibly taken away wine which was not his own. They made oath of this, and he was charged with burglary and robbery.英文原著 · 《The Life and Adventures of Baron Trenck-2》
Suddenly he galvanized into fury. ``This is an outrage!'' he cried, waving his useless-looking white fists. ``You have swindled me--SWINDLED me!''英文原著 · 《The Price She Paid》
"I don't reproach myself because the speculation threatened to fail-- I reproach myself for losing my courage. I ran away like a swindler and a thief, because I could not face my best friend and tell him I had ruined him and his child."英文原著 · 《A Little Princess》
...your profession is a swindle, And, uh, your livelihood is dependent On the gullibility of stupid people.美剧 · 《The Big Bang Theory》