swindler 音标拼音: [sw'ɪndəlɚ] [sw'ɪndlɚ]
n . 骗子
骗子
swindler n 1 :
a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud [
synonym : {
swindler }, {
defrauder }, {
chiseller }, {
chiseler },
{
gouger }, {
scammer }, {
grifter }]
Swindler \
Swin "
dler \,
n . [
G .
schwindler ,
fr .
schwindlen to be dizzy ,
to act thoughtlessly ,
to cheat ,
fr .
schwindel dizziness ,
fr .
schwinden to vanish ,
to disappear ,
to dwindle .
See {
Swim }
to be dizzy .]
One who swindles ,
or defrauds grossly ;
one who makes a practice of defrauding others by imposition or deliberate artifice ;
a cheat .
[
1913 Webster ]
Syn :
Sharper ;
rogue .
Usage : {
Swindler }, {
Sharper }.
These words agree in describing persons who take unfair advantages .
A swindler is one who obtains money or goods under false pretenses .
A sharper is one who cheats by sharp practice ,
as in playing at cards or staking what he can not pay .
[
1913 Webster ]
Fraud and injustice soon follow ,
and the dignity of the British merchant is sunk in the scandalous appellation of a swindler . --
V .
Knox .
[
1913 Webster ]
Perhaps you '
ll think I act the same As a sly sharper plays his game . --
Cotton .
[
1913 Webster ]
95 Moby Thesaurus words for "
swindler ":
Artful Dodger ,
Judas ,
Philadelphia lawyer ,
Yankee horse trader ,
betrayer ,
blackleg ,
body snatcher ,
booster ,
bunco steerer ,
charlatan ,
charmer ,
cheat ,
cheater ,
chicken thief ,
chiseler ,
come -
on ,
con man ,
confidence man ,
convict ,
cozener ,
crafty rascal ,
criminal ,
crook ,
deceiver ,
defrauder ,
den of thieves ,
desperado ,
desperate criminal ,
diddler ,
dodger ,
double -
dealer ,
embezzler ,
felon ,
filcher ,
flimflam man ,
flimflammer ,
fox ,
fraud ,
fugitive ,
gallows bird ,
ganef ,
gangster ,
gaolbird ,
ghoul ,
glib tongue ,
grafter ,
grave robber ,
gyp artist ,
gypper ,
hoaxer ,
horse trader ,
jailbird ,
jewel thief ,
juggler ,
knave ,
land pirate ,
land shark ,
land -
grabber ,
larcener ,
larcenist ,
lawbreaker ,
lifter ,
mobster ,
mountebank ,
outlaw ,
peculator ,
petty thief ,
pilferer ,
poacher ,
prowler ,
public enemy ,
purloiner ,
quisling ,
racketeer ,
reynard ,
robber ,
scofflaw ,
scoundrel ,
scrounger ,
sharper ,
shoplifter ,
shyster ,
slick citizen ,
sly dog ,
slyboots ,
sneak thief ,
stealer ,
sweet talker ,
thief ,
thug ,
traitor ,
trickster ,
two -
timer ,
villain ,
white -
collar thief
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