Sentence examples for attempted swindle from inspiring English sources

This fond and giddy sendup of the theater business, about the attempted swindle and subsequent education of a theater naïf, was a solo venture for him.

After arresting five Frenchmen on charges of attempted swindle, Italian police said that the group had learned that cards used by the casino for baccarat and chemin de fer were being sent to a firm in Turin to be "rejuvenated".

But it was his pretence to be a millionaire art buyer that finally led to jail for the conman when he attempted to swindle the auctioneers Christie's out of more than £1m worth of French masterpieces.

Gilbert contended that Carte had at best made a series of serious blunders in the accounts, and at worst deliberately attempted to swindle the others.

Surely this can only have been the shade of W. C. Fields -just the man, of course, to stalk up to a mutuel window and boldly attempt to swindle a well-meaning race track out of $233.

The Atlantic rightly pillories Nilsson's revolting attempts to swindle indigenous people, but it also implies that these practices take place in legitimate REDD projects.

This can leave the door open to different kinds of elder abuse, from family members who steal to unscrupulous telemarketers who attempt to swindle senior citizens out of their money.

Started by soft-porn film-maker Russ Meyer and completed by Julien Temple, The Great Rock'n'Roll Swindle mock-documentary attempted to recast McLaren – "The Embezzler" – as a Dickensian, Fagin-like character, who had recruited ruffians like Cook and Jones – true enough! – and had always been pulling the strings.

In further news from the always attractive intersection of Kanye West, Twitter, and money, the businessman Martin Shkreli – known for price gouging on Aids drugs and paying $2m for the one copy of Wu-Tang Clan's Once Upon a Time in Shaolin album – has claimed he was swindled out of $15m when he attempted to buy the exclusive rights to The Life of Pablo.

"EBay had found a possible swindle attempt, and contacted the FBI.

Attempting to sell his diamond, Ramus is swindled by a jewel dealer who flees into the sewers.