Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who swindles; one who defrauds or makes a practice of defrauding others; a cheat; a rogue.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who swindles, or defrauds grossly; one who makes a practice of defrauding others by imposition or deliberate artifice; a cheat.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person who
swindles ,cheats ordefrauds .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud
Etymologies
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Examples
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Underneath his smooth veneer Rourke's Yankee swindler is sinister.
Megan Doherty: My Walk With Glenn Beck, 21st Century Con Man Megan Doherty 2010
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Underneath his smooth veneer Rourke's Yankee swindler is sinister.
Megan Doherty: My Walking Tour With Glenn Beck, 21st Century Con Man Megan Doherty 2010
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Underneath his smooth veneer Rourke's Yankee swindler is sinister.
Megan Doherty: My Walk With Glenn Beck, 21st Century Con Man Megan Doherty 2010
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Underneath his smooth veneer Rourke's Yankee swindler is sinister.
Megan Doherty: My Walking Tour With Glenn Beck, 21st Century Con Man Megan Doherty 2010
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Underneath his smooth veneer Rourke's Yankee swindler is sinister.
Megan Doherty: My Walk With Glenn Beck, 21st Century Con Man Megan Doherty 2010
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Underneath his smooth veneer Rourke's Yankee swindler is sinister.
Megan Doherty: My Walk With Glenn Beck, 21st Century Con Man Megan Doherty 2010
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Underneath his smooth veneer Rourke's Yankee swindler is sinister.
Megan Doherty: My Walk With Glenn Beck, 21st Century Con Man Megan Doherty 2010
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Then he revealed to the surprised Lovel how Sir Arthur's foolish speculations, and especially his belief in a certain German swindler, named Dousterswivel, had caused him to engage in some very costly mining ventures, which were now almost certain to result in complete failure.
Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North Samuel Rutherford Crockett
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Edward Kelley had been called a swindler, a cheat, a womanizer, and a drunkard.
Vampire a Go-Go Victor Gischler 2009
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Edward Kelley had been called a swindler, a cheat, a womanizer, and a drunkard.
Vampire a Go-Go Victor Gischler 2009
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