Sentence examples for in swindling from inspiring English sources
He quoted two passages from memory: "The singular feature of the Great Crash of 1929 was that the worst continued to worsen"; and "The autumn of 1929 was, perhaps, the first occasion when men succeeded on a large scale in swindling themselves".
When you hear the words "con man," "American Hustle" filmmaker David O. Russell says, you need to know that "con" comes from "confidence," and that rather than having its roots solely in swindling, a "con artist" is somebody who really believes in what he's doing.
It was published in 1821 by William Playfair, a Scottish engineer, political economist and scoundrel: he was convicted of libel in England and swindling in France.
A federal judge in Ohio sentenced the ex-Ohio State and Indianapolis Colts quarterback Art Schlichter to nearly 11 years in prison for swindling participants in what authorities called a million-dollar sports ticket scheme.
Bernie Madoff may have some company as he spends up to a century-and-a-half in prison after swindling investors out of the better part of $65.0 billion in a long-running Ponzi scheme.
In their complaint, the SEC pointed out that, in addition to swindling his clients out of their money, Morton was also not a real psychic.
Though Mr. James's allegations against Mr. Levy in the book include ties to organized crime and physical intimidation in addition to swindling, he calls their relationship "complicated".
After high school, he sold magazine subscriptions, was in the Navy and moved to Pontiac, Mich., where he served 90 days in jail for swindling.
After being prosecuted, Buck served two years in prison for swindling money from the bank he worked for to fund his gambling problem.
Republican leaders are asking party members not to back their nominee for state auditor, a man who once served time in prison for swindling farmers.
And Marc Mezvinsky survived a humiliating parental scandal, when his father pleaded guilty in 2002 to swindling dozens of investors out of $10 million.
