swindler
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swindler¹
- /ˈswɪnd.lə(ɹ)/ UK
Rhymes with -ɪlə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
Borrowed from German Schwindler, 1774.
noun swindlers
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A person who swindles, cheats or defrauds.
But I got somethin’ to say bearin’ on that swindler who got what was comin’ to him.
Similar: bamboozler, bouncer, bullshitter, cheat, cheater, cogger, cony-catcher, crammer, deceiver, deceptor, fabricator, fabulist
Swindler²
proper noun Swindlers
- A surname.
Translations
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noun person who swindles, cheats or defrauds
| Español | estafador, chapucero, defraudador, engañabobos, trapacero |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 詐欺師 sagishi |
| 中文 | 騙子 /骗子 piànzi, 江湖騙子 /江湖骗子 jiānghú piànzi |
| हिन्दी | ठग ṭhag |
| Kiswahili | mlaghai |
| Português | caloteiro, estelionatário |
| Français | escroc, aigrefin, margoulin |
| Deutsch | Schwindler, Schwindlerin, Gauner, Gaunerin, Betrüger, Betrügerin |
| Italiano | ingannatore, defraudatore, ciarlatano, gabbatore, truffatore |
| Ελληνικά | κομπιναδόρος kompinadóros |
| Русский | моше́нник mošénnik, моше́нница mošénnica, жу́лик žúlik, афери́ст aferíst, афери́стка aferístka |
| العربية | مُحْتَال muḥtāl |
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title = {swindler},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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