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    SWINDLER

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A person who swindles you by means of deception or fraudplay

    Synonyms:

    chiseler; chiseller; defrauder; gouger; grifter; scammer; swindler

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Hypernyms ("swindler" is a kind of...):

    beguiler; cheat; cheater; deceiver; slicker; trickster (someone who leads you to believe something that is not true)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "swindler"):

    card shark; card sharp; card sharper; cardsharp; cardsharper; sharper; sharpie; sharpy (a professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games)

    clip artist (a swindler who fleeces the victim)

    con artist; con man; confidence man (a swindler who exploits the confidence of his victim)

    welcher; welsher (someone who swindles you by not repaying a debt or wager)

    Derivation:

    swindle (deprive of by deceit)

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