swindler

swin·dle  (swndl)

v. swin·dled, swin·dling, swin·dles

v.tr.

1. To cheat or defraud of money or property.

2. To obtain by fraudulent means: swindled money from the company.

v.intr.

To practice fraud as a means of obtaining money or property.

n.

The act or an instance of swindling.

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[Back-formation from swindler, one who swindles, from German Schwindler, giddy person, cheat, from schwindeln, to be dizzy, swindle, from Middle High German, from Old High German swintiln, frequentative of swintan, to disappear.]

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swindler n.

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swindler, swindle - Swindler and swindle are from German Schwindler, "promoter of wild schemes; cheat."

See also related terms for swindle.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

swindler - a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud chiseler, chiseller, defrauder, grifter, scammer, gouger card shark, card sharp, card sharper, cardsharp, cardsharper, sharper, sharpie, sharpy - a professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games clip artist - a swindler who fleeces the victim con artist, con man, confidence man - a swindler who exploits the confidence of his victim beguiler, cheater, deceiver, trickster, slicker, cheat - someone who leads you to believe something that is not true welcher, welsher - someone who swindles you by not repaying a debt or wager

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swindler

noun cheat, fraud, hustler (U.S. informal), con man (informal), sharper, shark, rogue, charlatan, rook (slang), rascal, trickster, impostor, fraudster, knave (archaic), confidence trickster, mountebank, grifter (slang, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), chiseller (informal) Swindlers have cheated investors out of £12 million.

Translations

swindler [ˈswɪndləʳ] N → estafador(a) m/f, timador(a) m/f

swindler [ˈswɪndlə^r] n → escroc m

swindler

n → Schwindler(in) m(f), → Gauner(in) m(f) (inf)

swindler [ˈswɪndləʳ] n → imbroglione/a, truffatore/trice