swindler
Example Sentences
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These swindlers seize upon fears about the mountains of debt that millions of Americans face by dressing up scams as quick and easy fixes.
From Los Angeles Times
In literature, art and film, Romani people are stereotyped as exotic wanderers, mysterious fortune tellers and swindlers.
From Los Angeles Times
Said signed on with a young Dutch swindler he met in London, Isaac Jacob Rochussen, whose family had “risen to prominence due to his ancestors’ skills at piracy and slavery.”
From Washington Post
“After watching him for 20 minutes I realized that this guy is just a swindler,” Mr. Teng said of Mr. Guo.
From New York Times
The defrauded company managed to snare the five swindlers, who promptly detailed the method of the hack — but not before they managed to spend roughly $26,000.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.