The three tricksters sold the pills to drug users, swindling them out of 60 baht per pill and giving them a severe headache in the process. |
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They also accused management of swindling public funds and victimising workers who had complained. |
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Rather, the police should take swift and decisive action against such offenses as harboring criminals, dealing drugs and swindling people. |
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The stock market boom was based to a considerable extent on speculative capital, parasitism, and outright swindling. |
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In 2001, a few newspapers carried stories on local securities firms swindling money from investors but soon all fell silent. |
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This bizarre social phenomenon comes to light with the recent arrest of a con man for swindling around 100 million won from some 150 people. |
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He is also facing charges of embezzling a compensation fund for war victims and is being investigated for swindling a veterans' trust fund. |
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While these men were not above occasionally swindling other working-class people, for the most part their actions were directed at the region's elites. |
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For example, if I find a way of legally swindling you out of a lot of money, I cannot claim that my action is morally acceptable just because it is legal. |
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