as in cheats
a dishonest person who uses clever means to cheat others out of something of value
the swindlers, representing themselves as land developers, produced a glossy brochure showing beaches, palm trees, and golf links
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Recent Examples of swindlers
Serial swindlers and men prone to violence are among the seven people Colorado’s gambling regulators have banned for life from casinos since the state created a system last year for barring problem bettors.
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Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 20 Oct. 2025
McKelway, who wrote for the magazine from the nineteen-thirties to the sixties, specialized in true-crime stories, bringing to life a gallery of scamps and swindlers and impostors.
—David Grann, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, posing as the original customer, the swindlers cancelled the order to get a refund.
—Thomas Brewster, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Some swindlers thumb their nose at both and keep their cons going.
—Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for swindlers
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Her character also has a fake handicapped license plate and cheats at golf.—
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No one cheats like college football.—
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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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Thirty sharks were added, too, before the exhibit opened to the public in April 2003.—
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Since 1950, sharks have killed 16 people in California, according to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.—
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“Swindlers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swindlers. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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