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81Great Hog Swindle — The Great Hog Swindle is the term given to a Union program that purchased hogs from Kentucky farmers during the American Civil War. According to the Kentucky Encyclopedia, on October 28, 1864, Stephen Gano Burbridge, the military commander of… …
82great salad Oil swindle, the — The popular name of a landmark 1963 U.S. court case that featured the Allied Crude Vegetable Oil Refining Corporation. The corporation’s sales were over $100 million annually, an enormous sum for the time, and the founder of the corporation was… …
83out-swindle — to out tailor: see out …
84Vatican Swindle, The. — SeeLafcadio s Adventures. * * * …
85The Great Rock'n Roll Swindle — Voir La Grande Escroquerie du rock n roll …
86Vatican Swindle, The. — SeeLafcadio s Adventures …
87sell a pup — Swindle …
88swindler — swindle swin‧dle [ˈswɪndl] verb [transitive] LAW to get money from someone dishonestly by deceiving them: swindle somebody out of something • He was convicted of charges that he swindled clients and partners out of £3.5 million. swindle something …
89Swindled — Swindle Swin dle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Swindled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Swindling}.] [See {Swindler}.] To cheat defraud grossly, or with deliberate artifice; as, to swindle a man out of his property. [1913 Webster] Lammote . . . has swindled one of… …
90Swindling — Swindle Swin dle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Swindled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Swindling}.] [See {Swindler}.] To cheat defraud grossly, or with deliberate artifice; as, to swindle a man out of his property. [1913 Webster] Lammote . . . has swindled one of… …