Cheating and defrauding grossly with deliberate artifice. Wyatt v. Ayres, 2 Port (Ala.) 157; Forrest v. Hanson, 9 Fed. Cas. 456; Thorpe v. State, 40 Tex. Cr. R. 346, 50 S. W. 383; Chase v. Whitlock, 3 Hill (N. Y.) 140; Stevenson v. Hayden, 2 Mass. 408. By the statute, "swindling" is defined to be the acquisition of personal or movable property, money, or instrument of writing … [Read more...] about SWINDLING
SWINDLING
SWINDLER
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...] about SWINDLER
SWINDLE
To cheat, deceive, trick and defraud another person or party and obtain money or property to which that person is not entitled. … [Read more...] about SWINDLE
SWIFT WITNESS
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...] about SWIFT WITNESS
SWELL
To enlarge or increase. In an action of tort circumstances of aggravation may ''swell" the damages. … [Read more...] about SWELL