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Definitions for Swindler
[1] to cheat (a person, business, etc.) out of money or other assets.
[2] to obtain by fraud or deceit.
[3] to put forward plausible schemes or use unscrupulous trickery to defraud others; cheat.
[4] an act of swindling or a fraudulent transaction or scheme.
[5] anything deceptive; a fraud: This advertisement is a real swindle.
[6] to cheat (someone) of money, etc; defraud
[7] (tr) to obtain (money, etc) by fraud
[8] a fraudulent scheme or transaction
Words related to Swindler
swindleforger, rascal, thief, crook, cheater, counterfeiter, charlatan, clip, cheat, operator, sharp, grifter, sharper, chiseler, mountebank, scoundrel, rook, absconder, fraud, trickster
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Origin of Swindler
1775–85; back formation from swindler < German Schwindler irresponsible person, promoter of wildcat schemes, cheat, derivative of schwindeln to be dizzy (hence dizzy-minded, irresponsible), defraud, equivalent to schwind- (akin to Old English swindan to languish) + -(e)l- -le + -er -er1
Other words from Swindler
swin·dle·a·ble , adjective
swin·dler , noun
swin·dling·ly , adverb
out·swin·dle , verb (used with object), out·swin·dled, out·swin·dling.
Word origin for Swindler
C18: back formation from German Schwindler, from schwindeln, from Old High German swintilōn, frequentative of swintan to disappear
Synonyms for Swindler
charlatan, cheater, con artist, counterfeiter, crook, forger, rascal, thief, absconder, cheat, chiseler, clip, deceiver, defrauder, dodger, double-dealer, falsifier, four-flusher, fraud, gouger, grifter, impostor, mechanic, mountebank, operator, rook, scammer, scoundrel, shark, sharp, sharper, slicker, trickster, confidence artist