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SWIFT WITNESS

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A term colloquially applied to a witness who is unduly zealous or partial for the side which calls him, and who betrays his bias by his extreme readiness to answer questions or volunteer information. … [Read more...]

SWINDLE

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To cheat, deceive, trick and defraud another person or party and obtain money or property to which that person is not entitled. … [Read more...]

SWINDLER

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criminal law. A cheat; one guilty of defrauding divers persons. 2. Swindling is usually applied to a transaction, where the guilty party procures the delivery to him, under a pretended contract, of the personal property of another, with the felonious design of appropriating it to his own use. … [Read more...]

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