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swindler Definition

swin·dler (swind′lər)

noun

a person who swindles; cheat

Etymology: Ger schwindler < schwindeln, to be dizzy, defraud, cheat < OHG swintilon, freq. of swintan, to disappear, wither, prob. < IE base *(s)wendh-, to disappear > OSlav uvędati, to wither

swindler Synonyms

swindler

n.

cheat, cheater, thief, impostor, charlatan, mountebank, trickster, deceiver, falsifier, counterfeiter, double-dealer, forger, rogue, absconder, fraud, confidence man*, con man*, fourflusher*, sharper*, gypo*, gyp artist*, clip*, grifter*, scammer*, black-leg*; see also criminal.

swindler Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • convict: Marshall was reportedly close to connecting Lyndon Johnson to fraudulent activities involving businessman and convicted swindler Billy Sol Estes.

Adjective modifier

  • common: You keep talking about him as a government, but he is nothing but a common swindler.
  • political: Mr. Bohun considered the Whigs as a party of political swindlers, who had obtained power by false pretenses.
swindler Quotes

After the funeral, my father struggled through half a page, and it might as well have been Hottentott. 'And what dun they gi'e thee for that, lad?' 'Fifty pounds, father.' 'Fifty pounds!' He was dumbfounded, and looked at mewith shrewd eyes,asif I were a swindler.'Fifty pounds! An'tha's niver done a day's hard work in thy life.'

—Lawrence, D(avid) H(erbert)

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