swindler
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5.4
- noun
- /ˈswɪndlər/
- After months of investigation, the police finally caught the swindler who had been posing as a financial advisor.
- criminals and swindlers
Examples
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The swindler tricked many unsuspecting investors out of their savings.
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My father was a drunk and a swindler.
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The gentleman is a renegade, a swindler, and a cheat.
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I felt I could do something about it. "Who are they, these frauds and swindlers?" Jesus asked.
Fiction book (2001) -
All along the way, swindlers were lying in wait for unwary travelers.
Academic text (1993) -
These men are swindlers!
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She lost her money to a charming swindler who promised high returns on her investment.
Synonyms
146
3.9
A dishonest person who cheats or steals
119
4.4
A person who pretends to be something they are not to trick others
101
2.6
A person who breaks the rules or lies to get an advantage
54
4.7
A person who tricks people by gaining their trust to get their money
50
2.6
A person who acts dishonestly to gain an unfair advantage
47
6.5
A person who behaves dishonestly and hurts others by lying or stealing
44
4.8
A person who tricks people by gaining their trust to take their money or valuables
23
6.0
A person who lies to or cheats others, often to have fun
19
4.0
A person who tricks others to take their money or things
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9.1
A person who tricks others to get their money or things
3
9.8
A person who cheats others by lying and taking their money
1
7.9
A person who gets money by lying to or tricking people
1
9.9
A person who cheats people to get money
1
8.6
A person who cheats others to get small amounts of money
1
7.8
A person who tricks or cheats people, often as a joke
1
9.8
A person who gets things by tricking or lying to others
1
9.9
A person who cheats others with tricks or fake deals
1
9.9
A person who takes money unfairly by accepting bribes
1
7.9
A person who tricks others to take their money or things
1
9.9
A person who tricks people to get their money or things
1
9.9
A person who tricks others using clever talk to take their money
1
9.9
A person who cheats others to get money or things
1
9.6
A person who cheats or overcharges people to get money
A person who tricks others to take their money
A person who cheats at card games to win money
A person who pretends to be someone else to trick people
How Dishonest
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Swindler comes from an old German word schwindeln meaning 'to be dizzy'. A helpful way to remember it is to picture someone who makes you 'dizzy' with tricks and lies until you hand over your money, which is why a swindler is a person who cheats others.