Pluck and Swindle

Pluck

Pluck verb - To rob by the use of trickery or threats.
Usage example: the Internet opened up a whole new medium for con artists to pluck the gullible

Swindle and pluck are semantically related In some cases you can use "Swindle" instead a verb "Pluck".

Nearby Words: plucky, plucked, plucking

Swindle

Swindle verb - To rob by the use of trickery or threats.
Usage example: hundreds of people were swindled out of their savings, and all they had to show for it were fake land deeds

Pluck and swindle are semantically related in cheat topic. Sometimes you can use "Pluck" instead a verb "Swindle".

Nearby Words: swindler, swindling, swindled

How words are described

famous famous pluck famous swindle

Common collocations

people pluck people swindle people
cash pluck cash swindle cash
customers pluck customers swindle customers
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