The meaning of Swindler

noun

A person falsely claiming to have a special knowledge or skill.

Usage examples:

A self-confessed con artist and charlatan

noun

A person who pretends to have skills or knowledge that the person does not actually have

verb

Act dishonestly or unfairly in order to gain an advantage.

Usage examples:

She always cheats at cards

noun

A person who behaves dishonestly in order to gain an advantage.

Usage examples:

Athletes who abide by the rules are up against cheats with a distinct advantage.

verb

To act in a way that is dishonest, or to make someone believe something that is not true in order to get something for yourself

Usage examples:

[ t ] the insurance companies were found to be cheating consumers., [ t ] they got cheated out of t…

noun

Someone who secretly takes money that is in their care or that belongs to an organization or business they work for

Usage examples:

The detectives mistook him for a suspected embezzler., businesses need to protect themselves from e…

noun

Someone who uses other people or things for his or her own profit or advantage

noun

Wrongful or criminal deception intended to result in financial or personal gain.

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He was convicted of fraud

noun

The crime of obtaining money or property by deceiving people

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Convicted of tax fraud, he was sentenced to two years in prison., he says he’s been everywhere and …

noun

The crime of getting money by tricking or deceiving people, or a crime of this type

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Serious/massive fraud we only investigate when there are sufficient grounds for believing serious f…

noun

A person who gets money by deceiving people

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Fraudsters are using increasingly sophisticated tactics to obtain people's personal details.

noun

A person who tricks or deceives someone by means of a hoax.

Usage examples:

The hoaxer claimed her mother was trapped in a burning flat

noun

A person who carries out a trick or plan to deceive people, such as telling the police there is a bomb somewhere when there is not

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If a hoaxer sends a pizza to the wrong address, little damage is done., a bomb hoaxer brought chaos…

noun

A person adept at aggressive selling or illicit dealing.

Usage examples:

Small-time hustlers trying to sell their stuff

noun

Someone who tries to get something, usually money, by deceiving others

noun

A person who pretends to be someone else in order to deceive others, especially for fraudulent gain.

Usage examples:

The charity has warned anyone approached by the impostor to contact police immediately

noun

A person who pretends to be someone else in order to deceive others

noun

A person who deceives others, especially in order to trick them out of their money; a charlatan.

Usage examples:

He has been described as a ‘a mountebank, a charlatan and a scribbler’ by one author, although othe…

noun

A person who claims or aspires to a title or position.

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The pretender to the throne

noun

A person who states they have a right to the high position that someone else has, although other people disagree with this

Usage examples:

The rebel forces are led by the pretender to the throne (= the person who wants to replace the pres…

noun

A dishonest or unprincipled man.

Usage examples:

You are a rogue and an embezzler

verb

Remove inferior or defective plants or seedlings from (a crop).

Usage examples:

The sowing has to be rogued to remove aberrant seedlings

noun

A person, organization, or country that does not behave in the usual or acceptable way

Usage examples:

Buzzy’s a fun-loving teenage rogue., a rogue employee might tap into the computer.

noun

A thing that is not what it is purported to be.

Usage examples:

Our current free health service is a sham

adjective

Bogus; false.

Usage examples:

A clergyman who arranged a sham marriage

verb

Short for pillow sham.

noun

A long-bodied chiefly marine fish with a cartilaginous skeleton, a prominent dorsal fin, and toothlike scales. most sharks are predatory, although the largest kinds feed on plankton, and some can grow to a large size.

Usage examples:

This shark feeds primarily on bony fishes such as parrot, trigger, squirrel, surgeon, damsel and go…

verb

(typically of a man at a social gathering) be in active pursuit of a sexual partner.

Usage examples:

As soon as he arrived he was sharking among the women

noun

A person who unscrupulously exploits or swindles others.

Usage examples:

Property sharks want to develop 200 acres around the site

adjective

(of an object) having an edge or point that is able to cut or pierce something.

Usage examples:

Cut the cake with a very sharp knife

adverb

Precisely (used after an expression of time).

Usage examples:

The meeting starts at 7.30 sharp

noun

A musical note raised a semitone above natural pitch.

Usage examples:

Choices in successive levels expand to all notes, then sharps and flats.

noun

A person who cheats or deceives people.

Usage examples:

The budding scientists of today will need to prepare themselves to do battle with silliness, impost…

noun

A person who deceives people

Usage examples:

A confidence trickster