Found 3 items, similar to Swindler.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: swindler
penipu
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: swindler
swindler
n : a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud
[syn:
chiseller,
chiseler,
gouger,
scammer,
grifter,
sharper,
sharpie,
sharpy]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Swindler
Swindler
\Swin"dler\, n. [G. schwindler, fr. schwindlen to be
dizzy, to act thoughtlessly, to cheat, fr. schwindel
dizziness, fr. schwinden to vanish, to disappear, to dwindle.
See
Swim to be dizzy.]
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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Syn: Sharper; rogue.
Usage:
Swindler,
Sharper. These words agree in describing
persons who take unfair advantages. A swindler is one
who obtains money or goods under false pretenses. A
sharper is one who cheats by sharp practice, as in
playing at cards or staking what he can not pay.
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Fraud and injustice soon follow, and the dignity
of the British merchant is sunk in the
scandalous appellation of a swindler. --V. Knox.
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Perhaps you 'll think I act the same
As a sly sharper plays his game. --Cotton.
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