Swindler
['swɪndlə] or ['swɪndlɚ]
Definition
(noun.) a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud.
Typist: Vance--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One who swindles, or defrauds grossly; one who makes a practice of defrauding others by imposition or deliberate artifice; a cheat.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Rogue, knave, cheat, impostor, trickster, sharper, blackleg, jockey, SHYSTER.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Rogue, impostor, sharper, knave, cheat,[See CHEAT], ~_\n.\]
Editor: Ricky
Examples
- They say of a person they admire, Ah, he is a charming swindler, and a most exquisite liar! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- If not a double swindler,' whispered Wegg, 'why a dark lantern? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Time was you called him better names than rogue and swindler. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The newspapers laughed the wretched upstart and swindler to scorn. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- And it's to this man's son--this scoundrel, gambler, swindler, murderer of a Rawdon Crawley, that Matilda leaves the bulk of her money. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- And he is a poor self-swindler who lies to himself while he reckons the items, and sets down under the head--happiness that which is misery. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Still, the Archdeacon's letter to Carriston is a sufficient guarantee that he is not a swindler, so I will chance it. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Which in no respect prevents you from being at the same time a drunkard and a swindler. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- All other swindlers upon earth are nothing to the self-swindlers, and with such pretences did I cheat myself. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Perhaps you would like to call us swindlers, sir,' said Dodson. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- You're no better than swindlers, both on you. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- All who wear red coats are national refuse in your eyes, and all who wear black are national swindlers. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The happy pair of swindlers, with the comfortable tie between them that each had swindled the other, sat moodily observant of the tablecloth. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- That all the cruts of Russian sucking swindlers should aid us now. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Then she is enraged again, and makes some mention of swindlers. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- You _are _swindlers. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
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