swindler
noun[C]
uk/ˈswɪn.dəl.ər/us/ˈswɪn.dəl.ɚ/someone who getsmoneydishonestlybydeceivingorcheatingpeople:
The man was a swindler.
See
swindle
- amastermortgageswindler who hadeludedcapturefor threeyears
- He was asophisticatedswindler who hadluredinvestorsinto somethingresemblinga Ponzischemebymisrepresentinghis ownbackgroundandexpertise.
- Inparticulartheykeptalookoutforpickpocketsand swindlers.
- Apart fromcelebs, the swindler alsoconnedsome of the world's mostfamousbanksandcharitiesout oftheircash.
Miscellaneous criminals
- arsonist
- artifice burglar
- bigamist
- bioterrorist
- black hat
- distraction burglar
- distraction thief
- drug dealer
- embezzler
- expropriator
- launderer
- looter
- lowlife
- lynch mob
- man of straw
- scofflaw
- shicer
- shoplifter
- small-timer
- smuggler