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<frameset>
<predicate lemma="swindle">
<note>
  Frames file for 'swindle' based on sentences in wsj.  Verbnet entry 10.6.
</note>

<roleset id="swindle.01" name="cheat, steal" vncls="10.6">
<roles>
  <role descr="entity removing" n="0"><vnrole vncls="10.6" vntheta="Agent"/></role>
  <role descr="thing being removed" n="1"><vnrole vncls="10.6" vntheta="Theme"/></role>
  <role descr="removed from" n="2"><vnrole vncls="10.6" vntheta="Source"/></role>
</roles>

<example name="just one arg">
<inflection aspect="ns" form="participle" person="ns" tense="past" voice="passive"/>
<text>
    The Attorney General's investigation was sparked by lawsuits and
    charges by angry California businesspeople that they were swindled
    [*-2] in a bureau-sponsored directory project contracted by Better
    Book. 
</text>
        <rel>swindled</rel>
        <arg n="2">[*-2] -&gt;  they</arg>
        <arg f="LOC" n="M">in a bureau-sponsored directory project
        contracted by Better Book</arg> 
</example>

<example name="all args">
  <inflection aspect="ns" form="full" person="ns" tense="past" voice="active"/>
  <text>
    Mary swindled John out of all his desserts for the next decade.
  </text>
  <arg n="0">Mary</arg>
  <rel>swindled</rel>
  <arg n="2">John</arg>
  <arg f="out" n="1">of all his desserts for the next decade</arg>
</example>

<note>
</note>

</roleset>
</predicate>
</frameset>
