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swindler
swin·dle S0945900 (swĭn′dl)v. swin·dled, swin·dling, swin·dles v.tr.1. To cheat or defraud of money or property.2. To obtain by fraudulent means: swindled money from the company.v.intr. To practice fraud as a means of obtaining money or property.n. The act or an instance of swindling.
[Back-formation from swindler, one who swindles, from German Schwindler, giddy person, cheat, from schwindeln, to be dizzy, swindle, from Middle High German, from Old High German swintilōn, frequentative of swintan, to disappear.]
swin′dler n.swindler, swindle - Swindler and swindle are from German Schwindler, "promoter of wild schemes; cheat."See also related terms for swindle.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | swindler - a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraudchiseler, chiseller, defrauder, grifter, scammer, gougercard shark, card sharp, card sharper, cardsharp, cardsharper, sharper, sharpie, sharpy - a professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card gamesclip artist - a swindler who fleeces the victimcon artist, con man, confidence man - a swindler who exploits the confidence of his victimbeguiler, cheater, deceiver, trickster, slicker, cheat - someone who leads you to believe something that is not truewelcher, welsher - someone who swindles you by not repaying a debt or wager |
swindlernoun cheat, fraud, hustler (U.S. informal), con man (informal), sharper, shark, rogue, charlatan, rook (slang), rascal, trickster, impostor, fraudster, knave (archaic), confidence trickster, mountebank, grifter (slang, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), chiseller (informal) Swindlers have cheated investors out of £12 million.swindlernounA person who cheats:bilk, cheat, cheater, cozener, defrauder, rook, sharper, trickster, victimizer.Informal: chiseler, crook, flimflammer.Slang: diddler, gyp, gypper.Translationsswindle (ˈswindl) verb to cheat. That shopkeeper has swindled me!; He swindled me out of $4. 騙取 骗取 noun an act or example of swindling; a fraud. an insurance swindle; Our new car's a swindle – it's falling to pieces. 騙人(的東西) 骗人（的东西） ˈswindler noun a person who swindles. 騙子 骗子EncyclopediaSeeswindleMedicalSeecharlatanSwindler
Related to Swindler: Gypsy, Bernie MadoffSWINDLER, criminal law. A cheat; one guilty of defrauding divers persons. 1 Term Rep. 748; 2 H. Blackst. 531; Stark. on Sland. 135.
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. 2 Russell on Crimes, 130; Alison, Prine. Cr. Law of Scotland, 250; Mass. 406. Swindler
SwindlerA person who commits fraud, especially as his/her primary career.swindler
Related to swindler: Gypsy, Bernie MadoffSynonyms for swindlernoun cheatSynonyms- cheat
- fraud
- hustler
- con man
- sharper
- shark
- rogue
- charlatan
- rook
- rascal
- trickster
- impostor
- fraudster
- knave
- confidence trickster
- mountebank
- grifter
- chiseller
Synonyms for swindlernoun a person who cheatsSynonyms- bilk
- cheat
- cheater
- cozener
- defrauder
- rook
- sharper
- trickster
- victimizer
- chiseler
- crook
- flimflammer
- diddler
- gyp
- gypper
Synonyms for swindlernoun a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraudSynonyms- chiseler
- chiseller
- defrauder
- grifter
- scammer
- gouger
Related Words- card shark
- card sharp
- card sharper
- cardsharp
- cardsharper
- sharper
- sharpie
- sharpy
- clip artist
- con artist
- con man
- confidence man
- beguiler
- cheater
- deceiver
- trickster
- slicker
- cheat
- welcher
- welsher
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