as in cheat
a dishonest person who uses clever means to cheat others out of something of value
the state's department of consumer protection has to contend with defrauders of every ilk
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Others might feel the author cheats here, leaving it up to the reader to decide.—
Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 11 Jan. 2026
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The movie follows a group of petty cheats, liars and drunks who are duped by nefarious opportunists who visit their crumbling town.—
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But my collection intentionally ignored the fraudulent exploits of billionaire heirs, tax dodgers and corporate magnates — defense contracts, government lobbying, bank accounts in Switzerland, shell companies in Panama, citizenship of Antigua and political asylum in London.—
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Denise Rich, a Democratic donor, gave four hundred and fifty thousand dollars to his Presidential-library foundation, and Clinton, on his final day in office, pardoned her ex-husband, Marc Rich, a tax dodger and a sanctions evader who’d fled to Switzerland.—
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Authorities in California confirmed last week that 55-year-old Erica Fox died from a shark attack.—
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Thirty sharks were added, too, before the exhibit opened to the public in April 2003.—
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Good afternoon and welcome to Con Con, the convention for swindlers, mountebanks, and the people who love them.—
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But he's been a swindler his entire life.—
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“Defrauder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defrauder. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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