Definition of "swindler" [swin•dler]

• A person who swindles, cheats or defrauds. (noun)

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• "Underneath his smooth veneer Rourke's Yankee swindler is sinister."
• "Then he revealed to the surprised Lovel how Sir Arthur's foolish speculations, and especially his belief in a certain German swindler, named Dousterswivel, had caused him to engage in some very costly mining ventures, which were now almost certain to result in complete failure."
• "Edward Kelley had been called a swindler, a cheat, a womanizer, and a drunkard."