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  • 11Swindle (chess) — In chess, a swindle is a ruse by which a player in a losing position tricks his opponent, and thereby achieves a win or draw instead of the expected loss.[1][2][3][4][5] It may also refer more generally to obtaining a win or draw from a clearly… …

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  • 13The Late Christopher Bean — is a comedy/drama by Sidney Howard, and was first published in 1932 under the title Muse of All Work. It was first performed at the Ford s Opera House in Baltimore on October 24, 1932. It would open a week later on Halloween at the Henry Miller s …

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  • 15swindle — [swin′dəl] vt. swindled, swindling [back form. < SWINDLER] 1. to get money or property from (another) under false pretenses; cheat; defraud 2. to get by false pretenses or fraud vi. to engage in swindling others n. an act of swindling; trick;… …

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  • 16bunco — Bunko Bun ko, n. [Sf. Sp. banco bank, banca a sort of game at cards. Cf. {Bank} (in the commercial sense).] A kind of swindling game or scheme, originally by means of cards or by a sham lottery, but now used for any swindling tactic. [Written… …

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  • 17Bunko — Bun ko, n. [Sf. Sp. banco bank, banca a sort of game at cards. Cf. {Bank} (in the commercial sense).] A kind of swindling game or scheme, originally by means of cards or by a sham lottery, but now used for any swindling tactic. [Written also… …

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  • 18swindle — I. verb (swindled; swindling) Etymology: back formation from swindler, from German Schwindler giddy person, from schwindeln to be dizzy, from Old High German swintilōn, frequentative of swintan to diminish, vanish; akin to Old English swindan to… …

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  • 19Frank Abagnale — Infobox Criminal subject name = Frank William Abagnale, Jr. image size = image caption = date of birth = birth date and age|1948|4|27 place of birth = Bronxville, New York, U.S. date of death = place of death = charge = fraud, forgery, swindling… …

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