swindler (noun)

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• swindler — swindle swin‧dle [ˈswɪndl] verb [transitive] LAW to get money from someone dishonestly by deceiving them: swindle somebody out of something • He was convicted of charges that he swindled clients and partners out of £3.5 million. swindle something …   Financial and business terms

• swindler — swindle ► VERB ▪ use deception to obtain (money) or deprive (someone) of money or possessions. ► NOUN ▪ a fraudulent scheme or action. DERIVATIVES swindler noun. ORIGIN German schwindeln be giddy , also «tell lies» …   English terms dictionary

• swindler — noun the guy collecting for the hospital fund was a swindler Syn: fraudster, fraud, confidence man, confidence trickster, trickster, cheat, rogue, mountebank, charlatan, impostor, hoaxer; informal con man, con artist, scam artist, shyster, gonif …   Thesaurus of popular words

• swindler — noun see swindle I …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• swindler — noun /ˈswɪnd.lə(ɹ)/ A person who swindles, cheats or defrauds …   Wiktionary

• swindler — noun a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud • Syn: ↑defrauder, ↑chiseller, ↑chiseler, ↑gouger, ↑scammer, ↑grifter • Derivationally related forms: ↑scam ( …   Useful english dictionary

• swindler — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. 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*,… …   English dictionary for students

• swindle — swin‧dle [ˈswɪndl] verb [transitive] LAW to get money from someone dishonestly by deceiving them: swindle somebody out of something • He was convicted of charges that he swindled clients and partners out of £3.5 million. swindle something out of… …   Financial and business terms

• swindle — I. verb (swindled; swindling) Etymology: back formation from swindler, from German Schwindler giddy person, from schwindeln to be dizzy, from Old High German swintilōn, frequentative of swintan to diminish, vanish; akin to Old English swindan to… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• swindle — verb use deception to deprive of money or possessions. ↘obtain fraudulently. noun a fraudulent scheme or action. Derivatives swindler noun Origin C18: back form. from swindler, from Ger. Schwindler, from schwindeln be giddy , also tell lies …   English new terms dictionary

• swindle — [c]/ˈswɪndl / (say swindl) verb (swindled, swindling) –verb (t) 1. to cheat (a person) out of money, etc. 2. to obtain by fraud or deceit. –verb (i) 3. to put forward plausible schemes or use unscrupulous artifice to defraud others; cheat;… …