Help and Swindled

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Help verb - To provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end.

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Swindled is an antonym for help.

Nearby Words: helpful, helped, helpless, helper, helping

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Help is an antonym for swindled in cheat topic.

Nearby Words: swindle, swindler, swindling

In the Deadwood episode "Reconnoitering the Rim", Brom Garrett goes to Wild Bill Hickok and Charlie Utter for help negotiating with Al Swearengen, who he believes has swindled him.

Source: Comically Missing The Point / Live-Action TV
While purporting to be something of a Fictionary to help them understand the Yoshi language, it becomes clear that the translation of every phrase is "Yoshi," leading Mario and Luigi to realize they've been swindled.

Source: Comic Book / Super Mario Adventures
Nucky trades his new distillery for Rothstein's help in getting Masseria to cut Rosetti loose, and Rothstein buys Masseria's consent with a share of his new heroin business (swindled out of Lucky Luciano).

Source: Series / Boardwalk Empire

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