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swindler

noun

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈswɪnd.lə(ɹ)/

name

  1. A surname.

noun

Etymology: Borrowed from German Schwindler, 1774.

  1. A person who swindles, cheats or defrauds.

    “But I got somethin’ to say bearin’ on that swindler who got what was comin’ to him.”

    “There’s good reason to worry. In an earlier memoir, “Five-Finger Discount,” Stapinski recreated the terrifying world of swindlers, embezzlers, burglars and mobster wannabes who made up her extended Jersey City family.”