fraudster
noun
fraud·ster ˈfrȯd-stər 
chiefly British
: a person who engages in fraud : cheat
Synonyms
- bilk
- bilker
- cheat
- cheater
- chiseler
- chiseller
- confidence man
- cozener
- defrauder
- dodger
- fakir
- finagler
- hoaxer
- scammer
- scamster
- shark
- sharper
- sharpie
- sharpy
- skinner
- swindler
- tricker
- trickster
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Example Sentences
an ingenious phishing operation that got him named the year's most inventive online fraudster
Recent Examples on the Web Sentencing for the fraudster was delayed five times, WEAR-TV reported. 
Landon Mion, Fox News, 23 Aug. 2022 Rooster’s reconciliation with Wiggles, Barb’s online relationship with a possible fraudster, the complicated maneuverings to rob the congresswoman — build nicely through the nine-episode season. Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Aug. 2022 The fraudster is then free to create a new credit profile billed to the synthetic individual. Indy Guha, Forbes, 18 July 2022 And the fraudster is now logged into the portal as the consumer. Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 30 June 2022 As soon as an app download begins, a fake ad click is created, and somebody else’s standard organic or paid install is attributed to the fraudster. Boris Abaev, Forbes, 3 June 2022 Or, even worse, catching a criminal case because a fraudster nicked your personal details, fleeced people, and now the cops hold you as a suspect! The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 June 2022 The fraudster will then work to build up the credit rating for the fake persona with the goal of securing bigger loans or credit card limits and then bailing without ever paying the lending agency. Michael Kan, PCMAG, 8 June 2022 This notorious fraudster convinced people to invest millions in his scheme. Ronan Burke, Forbes, 4 May 2022 See More
Landon Mion, Fox News, 23 Aug. 2022 Rooster’s reconciliation with Wiggles, Barb’s online relationship with a possible fraudster, the complicated maneuverings to rob the congresswoman — build nicely through the nine-episode season. Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Aug. 2022 The fraudster is then free to create a new credit profile billed to the synthetic individual. Indy Guha, Forbes, 18 July 2022 And the fraudster is now logged into the portal as the consumer. Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 30 June 2022 As soon as an app download begins, a fake ad click is created, and somebody else’s standard organic or paid install is attributed to the fraudster. Boris Abaev, Forbes, 3 June 2022 Or, even worse, catching a criminal case because a fraudster nicked your personal details, fleeced people, and now the cops hold you as a suspect! The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 June 2022 The fraudster will then work to build up the credit rating for the fake persona with the goal of securing bigger loans or credit card limits and then bailing without ever paying the lending agency. Michael Kan, PCMAG, 8 June 2022 This notorious fraudster convinced people to invest millions in his scheme. Ronan Burke, Forbes, 4 May 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1877, in the meaning defined above
fraudster
noun
as in cheat
a dishonest person who uses clever means to cheat others out of something of value an ingenious phishing operation that got him named the year's most inventive online fraudster Synonyms & Similar Words
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- cheat
- dodger
- shark
- swindler
- scammer
- defrauder
- phony
- scamster
- skinner
- cheater
- sharper
- chiseler
- hoaxer
- bilk
- trickster
- confidence man
- tricker
- cozener
- bilker
- fox
- ringer
- adventurer
- fakir
- fake
- charlatan
- pretender
- chiseller
- sharpie
- impostor
- finagler
- faker
- sharpy
- sham
- quack
- imposter
- mountebank
- rogue
- knave
- phoney
- schemer
- sneak
- double-dealer
- prankster
- gamesman
- double-crosser
- rascal
- bluffer
- sneaker
- slickster
- quacksalver
- plotter
- cardsharp
- wheeler-dealer
- blackleg
- humbug
- slick
- fast-talker
- slyboots
- smoothie
- cardsharper
- slicker
- smoothy