The French for swindle is the verb escroquer

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French for swindle is the regular ER verb escroquer, laid out here in the most practically formatted verb table.

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The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb escroquer - French for swindle

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of escroquer, which is French for swindle.

• I swindle.
• you swindled.
• he will swindle.
• we would swindle.
• they may swindle.

The Conjugated Verb Tables below for escroquer, enable you to practise your French verb drills both by PRONOUN (vertically), and by TENSE (horizontally). Do both many times over.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE escroquer
Simple Tenses escroquer
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent swindle	escroque	escroques	escroque	escroquons	escroquez	escroquent
Past Imperfect Imparfait swindled	escroquais	escroquais	escroquait	escroquions	escroquiez	escroquaient
Simple Past Passé Simple swindled	escroquai	escroquas	escroqua	escroquâmes	escroquâtes	escroquèrent
Future Futur will swindle	escroquerai	escroqueras	escroquera	escroquerons	escroquerez	escroqueront
Conditional Conditionnel would swindle	escroquerais	escroquerais	escroquerait	escroquerions	escroqueriez	escroqueraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may swindle	escroque	escroques	escroque	escroquions	escroquiez	escroquent
Compound Tenses escroquer
Present Perfect Passé Composé have swindled	ai escroqué	as escroqué	a escroqué	avons escroqué	avez escroqué	ont escroqué
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had swindled	avais escroqué	avais escroqué	avait escroqué	avions escroqué	aviez escroqué	avaient escroqué
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai escroqué	auras escroqué	aura escroqué	aurons escroqué	aurez escroqué	auront escroqué
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have swindled	aurais escroqué	aurais escroqué	aurait escroqué	aurions escroqué	auriez escroqué	auraient escroqué
Imperative Imperatif swindle!		escroque		escroquons	escroquez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of escroquer the French for swindle
présent de l’indicatif

j’escroque
- I swindle
tu escroques
- you swindle - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on escroque
- he, she, it, one swindles
nous escroquons
- we swindle
vous escroquez
- you swindle (formal or plural)
ils, elles escroquent
- they swindle

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of escroquer, the French for swindle
imparfait de l’indicatif

j’escroquais
- I swindled
- I was swindling
tu escroquais
- you swindled- (familiar or informal)
- you were swindling
il, elle, on escroquait
- he, she, it, one swindled
- he, she, it, one was swindling
nous escroquions
- we swindled
- we were swindling
vous escroquiez
- you swindled- (formal or plural)
- you were swindling
ils, elles escroquaient
- they swindled
- they were swindling

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of escroquer, the French for swindle
passé simple

j’escroquai
- I swindled
tu escroquas
- you swindled- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on escroqua
- he, she, it, one swindled
nous escroquâmes
- we swindled
vous escroquâtes
- you swindled- (formal or plural)
ils, elles escroquèrent
they swindled
(The passé simple tense is mainly used in literature and books, and is rarely used in spoken French language).

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Future Tense conjugations of escroquer, the French for swindle
futur

j’escroquerai
- I will swindle
tu escroqueras
- you will swindle (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on escroquera
- he, she, it, one will swindle
nous escroquerons
- we will swindle
vous escroquerez
- you will swindle (formal or plural)
ils, elles escroqueront
- they will swindle

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Conditional Tense conjugations of escroquer, the French for swindle
conditionnel

j’escroquerais
- I would swindle
tu escroquerais
- you would swindle (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on escroquerait
- he, she, it, one would swindle
nous escroquerions
- we would swindle
vous escroqueriez
- you would swindle (formal or plural)
ils, elles escroqueraient
- they would swindle

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of escroquer, the French for swindle
présent de subjonctif

que j’escroque
- that I may swindle
que tu escroques
- that you may swindle(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on escroque
- that he, she, it, one may swindle
que nous escroquions
- that we may swindle
que vous escroquiez
- that you may swindle(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles escroquent
- that they may swindle

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb escroquer - the verb ‘to swindle’ in French

Past Participle of escroquer is:
escroqué -swindled.

One can see the importance of the past participle in that it is used, with avoir to construct the compound tenses, four of which are in common useage today.

• I have swindled
• you had swindled
• he will have swindled
• we would have swindled

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of escroquer - French for swindle
passé composé

Here’s the French for swindle conjugated with all the pronouns in the present perfect tense.
j’ai escroqué
- I have swindled or I did swindle or
- I swindled
tu as escroqué
- you have swindled or you did swindle - (familiar or informal) or
- you swindled
il, elle, on a escroqué
- he, she, it, one has swindle or did swindle
- he, she, it swindled
nous avons escroqué
- we have swindled or we did swindle
- we swindled
vous avez escroqué
- you have swindled or you did swindle (formal or plural) or
- or we swindled
ils, elles ont escroqué
- they have swindled or they did swindle
- they swindled

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Past Perfect Indicative or Pluperfect Tense conjugations of escroquer - swindle in French
plus-que-parfait de l’indicatif

Here’s the French for -swindle conjugated with all the pronouns in the past perfect tense.
j’avais escroqué
- I had swindled
tu avais escroqué
- you had swindled- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on avait escroqué
- he, she, it, one had swindled
nous avions escroqué
- we had swindled
vous aviez escroqué
- you had swindled (formal or plural)
ils, elles avaient escroqué
- they had swindled

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of escroquer, the French for swindle
futur antérieur

j’aurai escroqué
- I will have
tu auras escroqué
- you will have - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on aura escroqué
- he, she, it, one will have
nous aurons escroqué
- we will have
vous aurez escroqué
- you will have - (formal or plural)
ils, elles auront escroqué
- they will have

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of escroquer, the French for swindle
conditionnel passé

j’aurais escroqué
- I would have swindled
tu aurais escroqué
- you would have swindled- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on aurait escroqué
- he, she, it, one would have swindled
nous aurions escroqué
- we would have swindled
vous auriez escroqué
- you would have swindled- (formal or plural)
ils, elles auraient escroqué
- they would have swindled

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Imperative Tense conjugations of escroquer, the French for swindle
impératif

escroque
- swindle!
escroquons
- let’s swindle!
escroquez
- swindle!

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Present Participle of escroquer

escroquant - swindling

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